Question

Which taxonomic category of housefly is wrongly matched
a. Genus-Musca
b. Family-Muscidae
c. Order-Primata
d. Class-Insecta

Answer 1

Taxonomic categories can be defined by the measurable characteristics as the hierarchy to classify the various types of individuals into the correct or convenient group, as there are millions of species in the living world.

Complete answer:
The taxonomic category may simply be defined as the system by which an entity is categorised into a particular group, class, and other categories. On the basis of measurable characteristics and identifying characteristics from the growing order from kingdom to species, the arrangement of a specific individual is performed. The taxonomy classification of a housefly whose scientific name is musca domestica is as follows: the Animalia kingdom, the Arthropoda phylum, the Insecta class, the Diptera order, the Schizophora section, the Muscidae family, the Musca genus, and the Musca domestica species. The most common flies are house flies, and they are most commonly found in temperate regions.

This description means that an invertebrate species is the house fly. It is an arthropod, meaning it has an exoskeleton and legs that are fused together. The Insecta class means that the house fly is an animal with a head, a thorax and an abdomen and three pairs of legs joined together. Four dark, longitudinal thoracic lines, slightly hairy bodies, and a single pair of membranous wings are grey to black in adults. In the slightly larger female, they have red eyes, set further apart. The Housefly, Musca domestica, is a Diptera fly. Among all domestic flies, it is the most common. The primate is a mammal from the primate order.

Hence, the correct answer is option (C).

Note: The house fly belongs to the Muscidae family and is a possible vector of many diseases such as typhoid, paratyphoid fever, diarrhoea, dysentery, cholera, gastroenteritis, and amoebiasis. It has been categorised as Musca domestica. Stomoxys calcitrans classifies the healthy fly, and the little house flies as Fannia canicularis.