Which one of the following belongs to the family Muscidae?

House fly

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Fire fly

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Grasshopper

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Cockroach

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Solution

The correct option is A House fly
Housefly, firefly, cockroach and grasshoppers belong to the phylum Arthropoda and class insecta.

Housefly (Musca domestica) belongs to the family Muscidae.

Firefly belongs to the Lampyridae family.

Grasshoppers belong to the family Acrididae.

Cockroach belongs to the family Blattidae.

The suffix ‘idae’ refers to the family.

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