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NEW FAMILY Fanniidae: Fannia - Fannia
Copyright © 2007 Joe, Entomologist (in training)

NEW FAMILY Fanniidae: Fannia - Fannia
Ames, Iowa, USA
March 29, 2007
Size: 6mm
I don't see any pics of Fannia in the guide... "the lesser house fly"... this one came out of the rotten wood I collected about 3 weeks ago... keyed out using McAlpine's manual...

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Contributed by Joe, Entomologist (in training) on 29 March, 2007 - 11:43pm
Last updated 30 March, 2007 - 10:32am

Is this another one?
Your fly looks similar to this one I recently posted. Do you think its the same family?

… Brad Barnd, 30 March, 2007 - 12:08am login or register to post comments

 
it does look similar... but t
it does look similar... but the wings aren't quite visible enough for me to be truly confidant in that ID... if you still have the specimen, try getting a shot with the anal veins visible
… Joe, Entomologist (in training), 30 March, 2007 - 12:16am login or register to post comments

Does this have an alias...
cosmopolitan house fly?
… Ron Hemberger, 29 March, 2007 - 11:45pm login or register to post comments

 
F. canicularis is known as th
F. canicularis is known as the 'lesser house fly' (as it is smaller than Musca)... F. scalaris is known as the "latrine fly" (use your imagination to figure out why)... this species I'd like to call 'Joe's Fly'
… Joe, Entomologist (in training), 29 March, 2007 - 11:53pm login or register to post comments

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