Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Fannia Phylum Arthropoda Order Fly | Family Fanniidae Higher classification Fanniidae Rank Genus | |
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Lower classifications Lesser house fly, Fannia scalaris, Fannia pusio | ||
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.
Description
The adults have plumose arista, with the first pre-sutural dorsocentral bristle over half than half as long as the second. Males without a lower orbital bristle.
References
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