AuthorFonseca, E.C.M. d’Assis
Year1968
TitleDiptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) Muscidae
SeriesHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteCovers all UK species known at the time
SourceHandbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(b), 119pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
IllustrationsA few well-chosen line drawings in the text, line drawings of Fannia genitalia at the back
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

Classic old-style RES handbook dichotomous keys to the British species.

Can be downloaded from the Royal Entomological Society’s website.

Errata, Corrigenda & CommentsThe common *Phaonia variegata* (now *P. subventa*) is best separated from the very rare *P. bitincta*, by the length of the aristal hairs being less than half the diameter of the flagellomere. (The presutural dark thoracic stripes are not as wide as given; and one mid-tibia may have the third bristle, though rarely both.)
Examine Stereo Microscope
Specimen PreparationPinned specimens set so that sternopleuron is visible. Genitalia preps useful for Fannia
Identification difficultyModerately straightforward (the easiest of the old Calypterate keys), although Fannia are challenging
Website urlwww.royensoc.co.uk/publications/index.htm

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationSupersededFANNIIDAElesser house fliesAnimalia: Diptera
For identificationCurrentMUSCIDAEmuscid flies: house fly, green bottlesAnimalia: Diptera
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