FANNIIDAE
(lesser house flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Fannia
lesser house flies
Male (Click to open)
 		Genus 1 subtaxa 14 images 2 ident. refs
Fanniidae (unidentified)
Unidentified Lesser House Flies
(Click to open)
 		Unidentified 2 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
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
Fonseca, E.C.M. d’Assis 1968 *** Diptera: Cyclorrapha Calyptrata Sect (b) Muscidae ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 4(b), 119pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Rozkosny, R., Gregor, F. & Pont, A.C. 1997 The European Fanniidae (Diptera) Acta Scientarum Naturalium Academiae Scientiarum Bohemicae Brno 31 (2): 1-80.

FANNIIDAE (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 FANNIIDAE (lesser house flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 41 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for FANNIIDAE (lesser house flies)
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