Fannia (fly)

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Fannia (fly)

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]

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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]
Synonyms
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Fannia canicularis, larva

Description

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]

Species list

See also

  • Domínguez, M.C.; Pont, A.C. (2014). "Fanniidae (Insecta: Diptera)". Fauna of New Zealand: 71. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.71.

References

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