Sources
for House Fly
How we know. This page draws only on university extension and government sources: Penn State Extension, University of Florida / IFAS (Featured Creatures), Texas A&M AgriLife, UC IPM / UC ANR, and University of Minnesota Extension for identification, biology, habitat, and management; the U.S. CDC (Emerging Infectious Diseases) for human-disease claims only; and ITIS for taxonomy.
Review status: unreviewed (draft). Taxonomy follows ITIS (TSN 150251): Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758, order Diptera, family Muscidae, a valid name; the family placement is not contested among the sources consulted. Source: https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=150251