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Lesser House Flies and Allies Lat. “Fanniidae“
family of suborder “Brachyceran Flies“
1 family, 2 species

The Fanniidae are a small (285 species in four genera) group of true flies largely confined to the Holarctic and temperate Neotropical ecozones; there are 11 Afrotropical species, 29 Oriental, and 14 Australasian.

Hierarchy

Identifying characteristics

The Fanniidae were once a subfamily of Muscidae from which they may be distinguished by:

A (strictly) dorsal bristle is on the hind tibia below the middle and in addition to the dorsal preapical. The axillary vein is strongly curved towards the wingtip, so if extended, the axillary and anal veins would meet before reaching the wing tip. In males, the middle tibia has an erect pubescence beneath; in females, the frontalia is without crossed bristles, the frontal orbits are broad, and convex towards median line of frons, and two pairs of strong upper orbital bristles are present, with the anterior pair turned outwards.

Family description and image Archived 2007-05-04 at the Wayback Machine Picture Archived 2007-10-10 at the Wayback Machine The Types of Fanniidae and Muscidae (Diptera) in the Museum für Naturkunde, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

Ancestry Graph

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