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Fannia (genus)
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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
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of approximately 288 species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of flies
Fly
True flies are insects of the order Diptera . They possess a pair of wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, derived from the hind wings, on the metathorax...
. The genus was originally described by the French entomologist Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy
Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy
André Jean Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy was a French physician and entomologist specialising in the study of Diptera and to some extent of the Coleoptera .-Achievements:...
in 1830. A number of species were formerly placed in the genus Musca
Musca (genus)
Musca is a genus of flies. It includes Musca domestica , as well as Musca autumnalis . It is part of the family Muscidae.-Species List:*M. albina Wiedemann, 1830...
.
Species list
- Fannia aethiops MallochJohn Russell MallochJohn Russell Malloch was a Scottish entomologist who specialised in Diptera.In 1910 he emigrated to Urbana, Illinois, United States.-References:See...
, 1913 - Fannia alpina Pont, 1970
- Fannia armataFannia armataFannia armata 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....
(MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1826) - Fannia atra (SteinSamuel Friedrich SteinSamuel Friedrich Nathaniel Ritter von Stein was a German entomologist chiefly interested in Diptera.Born in Niemegk near Potsdam, Brandenburg, in 1850, Stein became a Professor at the Forest and Agriculture Institute in Tharandt in Sachsen , 20 km south-west of Dresden. This was one of the...
, 1895) - Fannia atripes SteinSamuel Friedrich SteinSamuel Friedrich Nathaniel Ritter von Stein was a German entomologist chiefly interested in Diptera.Born in Niemegk near Potsdam, Brandenburg, in 1850, Stein became a Professor at the Forest and Agriculture Institute in Tharandt in Sachsen , 20 km south-west of Dresden. This was one of the...
, 1916 - Fannia barbata (SteinSamuel Friedrich SteinSamuel Friedrich Nathaniel Ritter von Stein was a German entomologist chiefly interested in Diptera.Born in Niemegk near Potsdam, Brandenburg, in 1850, Stein became a Professor at the Forest and Agriculture Institute in Tharandt in Sachsen , 20 km south-west of Dresden. This was one of the...
, 1892) - Fannia bigelowi Chillcott, 1961
- Fannia brinae Albuquerque, 1951
- Fannia canicularisLesser house flyThe lesser house fly or little house fly, Fannia canicularis, is somewhat smaller than the common housefly. It is slender, and the median vein in the wing is straight. Larvae feed on all manner of decaying organic matter, including carrion...
(Linnaeus, 1761) - Fannia carbonariaFannia carbonariaFannia carbonaria 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....
(MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1826) - Fannia carbonella (SteinSamuel Friedrich SteinSamuel Friedrich Nathaniel Ritter von Stein was a German entomologist chiefly interested in Diptera.Born in Niemegk near Potsdam, Brandenburg, in 1850, Stein became a Professor at the Forest and Agriculture Institute in Tharandt in Sachsen , 20 km south-west of Dresden. This was one of the...
, 1895) - Fannia clara CollinJames Edward CollinJames Edward Collin was an English entomologist who specialised in Diptera.He was the author of Empididae. British Flies, Volume 6. University Press, Cambridge...
, 1939 - Fannia collini d'Assis-FonsecaE. C. M. d'Assis-FonsecaEvelyn Cecil Muschamp d’Assis-Fonseca was a British dipterist. He was responsible for formally naming a number of fly species, including:* Dolichopus subpennatus* Fannia collini* Fannia pseudonorvegica* Fannia subatripes...
, 1966 - Fannia coracina (LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1873) - Fannia corvina (VerrallGeorge Henry VerrallGeorge Henry Verrall was a British horse racing official, entomologist, botanist and Conservative politician.-Horse racing:...
, 1892) - Fannia cothurnata (LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1873) - Fannia difficilis (SteinSamuel Friedrich SteinSamuel Friedrich Nathaniel Ritter von Stein was a German entomologist chiefly interested in Diptera.Born in Niemegk near Potsdam, Brandenburg, in 1850, Stein became a Professor at the Forest and Agriculture Institute in Tharandt in Sachsen , 20 km south-west of Dresden. This was one of the...
, 1895) - Fannia fasciculata (LoewHermann LoewFriedrich Hermann Loew was a German entomologist who specialised in the study of Diptera, an order of insects including flies, mosquitoes, gnats and midges...
, 1873) - Fannia fuscitibia SteinSamuel Friedrich SteinSamuel Friedrich Nathaniel Ritter von Stein was a German entomologist chiefly interested in Diptera.Born in Niemegk near Potsdam, Brandenburg, in 1850, Stein became a Professor at the Forest and Agriculture Institute in Tharandt in Sachsen , 20 km south-west of Dresden. This was one of the...
, 1920 - Fannia fuscula (FallénCarl Fredrik FallénCarl Fredrik Fallén was a Swedish botanist and entomologist.Fallén taught at the Lund University. He wrote Diptera Sueciae .In 1817, Fallen discovered the Muscina stabulans species of flies....
, 1825) - Fannia genualis (SteinSamuel Friedrich SteinSamuel Friedrich Nathaniel Ritter von Stein was a German entomologist chiefly interested in Diptera.Born in Niemegk near Potsdam, Brandenburg, in 1850, Stein became a Professor at the Forest and Agriculture Institute in Tharandt in Sachsen , 20 km south-west of Dresden. This was one of the...
, 1895) - Fannia gotlandica Ringdahl, 1926
- Fannia hirticeps (SteinSamuel Friedrich SteinSamuel Friedrich Nathaniel Ritter von Stein was a German entomologist chiefly interested in Diptera.Born in Niemegk near Potsdam, Brandenburg, in 1850, Stein became a Professor at the Forest and Agriculture Institute in Tharandt in Sachsen , 20 km south-west of Dresden. This was one of the...
, 1892) - Fannia hirundinis Ringdahl, 1948
- Fannia immutica CollinJames Edward CollinJames Edward Collin was an English entomologist who specialised in Diptera.He was the author of Empididae. British Flies, Volume 6. University Press, Cambridge...
, 1939 - Fannia incisurata (ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1838) - Fannia krimensis Ringdahl, 1934
- Fannia latifrontalis HennigWilli HennigEmil Hans Willi Hennig was a German biologist who is considered the founder of phylogenetic systematics, also known as cladistics. With his works on evolution and systematics he revolutionised the view of the natural order of beings...
, 1955 - Fannia latifrontalis (SteinSamuel Friedrich SteinSamuel Friedrich Nathaniel Ritter von Stein was a German entomologist chiefly interested in Diptera.Born in Niemegk near Potsdam, Brandenburg, in 1850, Stein became a Professor at the Forest and Agriculture Institute in Tharandt in Sachsen , 20 km south-west of Dresden. This was one of the...
, 1892) - Fannia lepidaFannia lepidaFannia 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....
(WiedemannChristian Rudolph Wilhelm WiedemannChristian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann , was a German physician, historian, naturalist and entomologist...
, 1817) - Fannia leucosticta (MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1838) - Fannia limbata Tiensuu, 1938
- Fannia lineata (SteinSamuel Friedrich SteinSamuel Friedrich Nathaniel Ritter von Stein was a German entomologist chiefly interested in Diptera.Born in Niemegk near Potsdam, Brandenburg, in 1850, Stein became a Professor at the Forest and Agriculture Institute in Tharandt in Sachsen , 20 km south-west of Dresden. This was one of the...
, 1895) - Fannia lucidulaFannia lucidulaFannia lucidula 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....
(ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1860) - Fannia lugubrina (ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1838) - Fannia lugubrina (HarrisMoses HarrisMoses Harris was an English entomologist and engraver.In the Natural System of Colours he examined the work of Isaac Newton and tried to reveal the multitude of colours which can be created from three basic ones...
, 1780) - Fannia manicata (MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1826) - Fannia malagasica Pont, 2006
- Fannia melania (DufourLéon Jean Marie DufourLéon Jean Marie Dufour was a French medical doctor and naturalist .Between 1799 and 1806 he studied medicine in Paris then returned to Saint-Sever in the Landes...
, 1839) - Fannia metallipennis (ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1838) - Fannia minutipalpis (SteinSamuel Friedrich SteinSamuel Friedrich Nathaniel Ritter von Stein was a German entomologist chiefly interested in Diptera.Born in Niemegk near Potsdam, Brandenburg, in 1850, Stein became a Professor at the Forest and Agriculture Institute in Tharandt in Sachsen , 20 km south-west of Dresden. This was one of the...
, 1895) - Fannia mollissima (HalidayAlexander Henry HalidayAlexander Henry Haliday, also known as Enrico Alessandro Haliday and Alexis Heinrich Haliday sometimes Halliday , was an Irish entomologist. He is primarily known for his work on Hymenoptera, Diptera and Thysanoptera, but Haliday worked on all insect orders and on many aspects of entomology.Haliday...
, 1840) - Fannia monilis (HalidayAlexander Henry HalidayAlexander Henry Haliday, also known as Enrico Alessandro Haliday and Alexis Heinrich Haliday sometimes Halliday , was an Irish entomologist. He is primarily known for his work on Hymenoptera, Diptera and Thysanoptera, but Haliday worked on all insect orders and on many aspects of entomology.Haliday...
, 1838) - Fannia monticola Pont, 1996
- Fannia nidica CollinJames Edward CollinJames Edward Collin was an English entomologist who specialised in Diptera.He was the author of Empididae. British Flies, Volume 6. University Press, Cambridge...
, 1939 - Fannia nigra MallochJohn Russell MallochJohn Russell Malloch was a Scottish entomologist who specialised in Diptera.In 1910 he emigrated to Urbana, Illinois, United States.-References:See...
, 1910 - Fannia norvegica Ringdahl, 1934
- Fannia novalis Pont, 1965
- Fannia ornataFannia ornataFannia ornata 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....
(MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1826) - Fannia pallitibia (RondaniCamillo RóndaniCamillo Róndani was an Italian entomologist noted for his studies of Diptera.-Early years:When Camillo Róndani was born in Parma the city was part of the French Empire Napoleon having crowned himself King of Italy...
, 1866) - Fannia parva (SteinSamuel Friedrich SteinSamuel Friedrich Nathaniel Ritter von Stein was a German entomologist chiefly interested in Diptera.Born in Niemegk near Potsdam, Brandenburg, in 1850, Stein became a Professor at the Forest and Agriculture Institute in Tharandt in Sachsen , 20 km south-west of Dresden. This was one of the...
, 1895) - Fannia pauli Pont, 1997
- Fannia polychaeta (SteinSamuel Friedrich SteinSamuel Friedrich Nathaniel Ritter von Stein was a German entomologist chiefly interested in Diptera.Born in Niemegk near Potsdam, Brandenburg, in 1850, Stein became a Professor at the Forest and Agriculture Institute in Tharandt in Sachsen , 20 km south-west of Dresden. This was one of the...
, 1895) - Fannia postica (SteinSamuel Friedrich SteinSamuel Friedrich Nathaniel Ritter von Stein was a German entomologist chiefly interested in Diptera.Born in Niemegk near Potsdam, Brandenburg, in 1850, Stein became a Professor at the Forest and Agriculture Institute in Tharandt in Sachsen , 20 km south-west of Dresden. This was one of the...
, 1895) - Fannia posticata (MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1826) - Fannia pruinosa (MeigenJohann Wilhelm MeigenJohann Wilhelm Meigen was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.-Early years:Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha Bick. His parents, though not poor, were not wealthy either. The ran a small shop in...
, 1826) - Fannia pseudonorvegica d'Assis-FonsecaE. C. M. d'Assis-FonsecaEvelyn Cecil Muschamp d’Assis-Fonseca was a British dipterist. He was responsible for formally naming a number of fly species, including:* Dolichopus subpennatus* Fannia collini* Fannia pseudonorvegica* Fannia subatripes...
, 1966 - Fannia pubescens SteinSamuel Friedrich SteinSamuel Friedrich Nathaniel Ritter von Stein was a German entomologist chiefly interested in Diptera.Born in Niemegk near Potsdam, Brandenburg, in 1850, Stein became a Professor at the Forest and Agriculture Institute in Tharandt in Sachsen , 20 km south-west of Dresden. This was one of the...
, 1908 - Fannia pusioFannia pusioFannia pusio , known as the chicken dung fly is a fly species of the family Fanniidae that contains over 260 species of flies worldwide. Originally native to central and north America, its distribution is now largely global, having been introduced with livestock...
(WiedemannChristian Rudolph Wilhelm WiedemannChristian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann , was a German physician, historian, naturalist and entomologist...
, 1830) - Fannia rabdionata Karl, 1940
- Fannia ringdahlana CollinJames Edward CollinJames Edward Collin was an English entomologist who specialised in Diptera.He was the author of Empididae. British Flies, Volume 6. University Press, Cambridge...
, 1939 - Fannia rondanii (Strobl, 1893)
- Fannia scalarisFannia scalarisFannia scalaris, also known as the latrine fly, 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. The life cycle of this species can be as long as one...
(FabriciusJohan Christian FabriciusJohan Christian Fabricius was a Danish zoologist, specialising in "Insecta", which at that time included all arthropods: insects, arachnids, crustaceans and others...
, 1794) - Fannia serena (FallénCarl Fredrik FallénCarl Fredrik Fallén was a Swedish botanist and entomologist.Fallén taught at the Lund University. He wrote Diptera Sueciae .In 1817, Fallen discovered the Muscina stabulans species of flies....
, 1825) - Fannia similis (SteinSamuel Friedrich SteinSamuel Friedrich Nathaniel Ritter von Stein was a German entomologist chiefly interested in Diptera.Born in Niemegk near Potsdam, Brandenburg, in 1850, Stein became a Professor at the Forest and Agriculture Institute in Tharandt in Sachsen , 20 km south-west of Dresden. This was one of the...
, 1895) - Fannia sociellaFannia sociellaFannia sociella 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....
(ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1845) - Fannia spathiophora MallochJohn Russell MallochJohn Russell Malloch was a Scottish entomologist who specialised in Diptera.In 1910 he emigrated to Urbana, Illinois, United States.-References:See...
, 1918 - Fannia speciosa (Villeneuve, 1898)
- Fannia stigi Rognes, 1982
- Fannia subatripes d'Assis-FonsecaE. C. M. d'Assis-FonsecaEvelyn Cecil Muschamp d’Assis-Fonseca was a British dipterist. He was responsible for formally naming a number of fly species, including:* Dolichopus subpennatus* Fannia collini* Fannia pseudonorvegica* Fannia subatripes...
, 1967 - Fannia subpellucens (ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1845) - Fannia subpubescens CollinJames Edward CollinJames Edward Collin was an English entomologist who specialised in Diptera.He was the author of Empididae. British Flies, Volume 6. University Press, Cambridge...
, 1958 - Fannia subsimilis Ringdahl, 1934
- Fannia tuberculata (ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm ZetterstedtJohan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.-Biography:Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany...
, 1849) - Fannia tunisiae Chillcott, 1961
- Fannia umbratica CollinJames Edward CollinJames Edward Collin was an English entomologist who specialised in Diptera.He was the author of Empididae. British Flies, Volume 6. University Press, Cambridge...
, 1939 - Fannia umbrosa (SteinSamuel Friedrich SteinSamuel Friedrich Nathaniel Ritter von Stein was a German entomologist chiefly interested in Diptera.Born in Niemegk near Potsdam, Brandenburg, in 1850, Stein became a Professor at the Forest and Agriculture Institute in Tharandt in Sachsen , 20 km south-west of Dresden. This was one of the...
, 1895) - Fannia verrallii (SteinSamuel Friedrich SteinSamuel Friedrich Nathaniel Ritter von Stein was a German entomologist chiefly interested in Diptera.Born in Niemegk near Potsdam, Brandenburg, in 1850, Stein became a Professor at the Forest and Agriculture Institute in Tharandt in Sachsen , 20 km south-west of Dresden. This was one of the...
, 1895) - Fannia vesparia (Meade, 1891)
- Fannia vespertilionis Ringdahl, 1934