Fannia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
(lesser house flies)

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Fannia mollissima
a lesser house fly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 14 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusFannia (lesser house flies)
FamilyFANNIIDAE (lesser house flies)
SuperfamilyMUSCOIDEA (dung and house flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Barták, M., Preisler, J., Kubík, S., Šuláková, H. & Sloup, V. 2016 Fanniidae (Diptera): new synonym, new records and an updated key to males of European species of Fannia ZooKeys Vol 593: 91-115.
Collin, J.E. 1958 *** Notes on some British species of Fannia (Dipt., Muscidae), with the description of a new species ***(Superseded) Ent. Mon. Mag.: 86-92.

Fannia (lesser house flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Fannia (lesser house flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 41 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Fannia (lesser house flies)
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