Question

Match column I with column II for housefly classification and select the correct option using the codes given below.

Column I	Column II
(a) Family	(i) Diptera
(b) Order	(ii) Arthropoda
(c) Class	(iii) Muscidae
(d) Phylum	(iv) Insecta

A-iii, B-i, C-iv, D-ii
A-iii, B-ii, C-iv, D-i
A-iv, B-iii, C-ii, D-i
A-iv, B-ii, C-i, D-iii

Answer 1

Hint: The scientific name of housefly is Musca domestica and is a fly of the suborder Cyclorrhapha. Let us look into the taxonomic classification of the housefly to find the correct answer.

Complete answer:
The taxonomic classification of the housefly is as follows-
Kingdom: Animal
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Section: Schizophora
Family: Muscidae
Genus: Musca
Species: M.domestica

Hence, the correct answer is option (A).

Additional Information:
- The colour of adult flies varies from gray to black.
- They have four dark longitudinal lines on the thorax and their bodies are slightly hairy.
- Single pair of membranous wings is there.
- The female house flies generally mate once only and store the sperms for future use.
- Houseflies have chemoreceptors and taste organs on the tarsi of their legs which help them in identification of foods such as sugars as they walk over them.
- The house flies are capable of walking on ceilings and smooth walls using van der waal forces as they have a pair of claws at the end of each leg, and below them are two adhesive pads called pulvilli.
- In about 75 to 150 batches, each female housefly can lay approximately 500 eggs in her lifetime.
- The cuticular hydrocarbon pheromone produced by female flies is used in pest controls.
- They break down and recycle organic matter and thus hold ecological importance.
- They have compound eyes which make them sensitive to change in light patterns.
- They normally lay their eggs on decaying and moist organic material like trash or feces.

Note: Housefly is the most common species of fly found in houses. The housefly which is also called Musca Domestica is an Arthropoda of kingdom Phylum and is classified under the class Insecta.