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Genus of flies From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fannia is a very large genus of approximately 288 species of flies. The genus was originally described by the French entomologist Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy in 1830. A number of species were formerly placed in the genus Musca.[3]
Fannia | |
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Lesser house fly, Fannia canicularis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Fanniidae |
Genus: | Fannia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[1] |
Type species | |
Fannia saltatrix[2] Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830[1] | |
Synonyms | |
The adults have plumose arista, with the first pre-sutural dorsocentral bristle over half as long as the second. Males without a lower orbital bristle.[3]
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