Biology:Fannia lepida

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Short description: Species of fly

Fannia lepida
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Fannia lepida
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Fanniidae
Genus: Fannia
Species:
F. lepida
Binomial name
Fannia lepida
(Wiedemann, 1817)
Synonyms
  • Anthomyia lepida Wiedemann, 1817
  • Aricia mutica Zetterstedt, 1845
  • Fannia mutica (Zetterstedt, 1845)
  • Fannia nigrisquama (Meade, 1887)
  • Homalomyia nigrisquama Meade, 1887

Fannia lepida is a fly species in the Fanniidae family. This species is smaller and more slender than the house fly, Musca domestica, and is similar in appearance to the lesser house fly, Fannia canicularis.[1] It is found in the Palearctic.[2] For identification see [3][4][5]

References

  1. Shearer, D; Wall, R (1997). Veterinary Entomology: Arthropod Ectoparasites of Veterinary Importance. New York: Springer Publishing Company. pp. 167–168. ISBN 0-412-61510-X. 
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Bei-Bienko, G.Y. & Steyskal, G.C. (1988) Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, Volume V: Diptera and Siphonaptera, Parts I, II. Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. ISBN:81-205-0080-6 ISBN:81-205-0081-4
  4. D'Assis Fonseca; E. C. M. (1968). Diptera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata: Muscidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 10. London: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 118pp. http://www.royensoc.co.uk/sites/default/files/Vol10_Part04b.pdf. 
  5. Séguy, E. (1923) Diptères Anthomyides. Paris: Éditions Faune de France Faune n° 6 393 p., 813 fig.Bibliotheque Virtuelle Numerique pdf

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