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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Muscoidea » Fanniidae » Fannia
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Fly - Fannia - male
Copyright © 2012 Jim Moore

Fly - Fannia - Male
In Westwood - elevation 5100ft, Lassen County, California, USA
March 13, 2012
Size: Body length 7mm
Found by a neighbor in their home.
Any further ID help is appreciated - Thanks!

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Fly - Fannia - male Fly - Fannia - male
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Contributed by Jim Moore on 28 March, 2012 - 1:23am
Last updated 2 June, 2014 - 9:06pm

Species characters
To key these flies you need a side view. For example, the first choice in the key to California Fannia is "mid coxa spined" and the second is "sternopleura with a ventral spine."
… John F. Carr, 9 November, 2012 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 1 July, 2012 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

Fannia?
Maybe Fannia.
… John F. Carr, 28 March, 2012 - 5:19am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you John!
The wing venation do seem to be an exact match with these Fannia wings:
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At the least Family Fanniidae?
… Jim Moore, 28 March, 2012 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

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