Fanniidae

Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., Madriz, Isaí, González, Christian R. & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2024, An update on the knowledge and general understanding of the Chilean Diptera diversity, Zootaxa 5518 (1), pp. 1-87 : 45

Fanniidae ( Fig. 113 )

The Fanniidae comprises approximately 541 species grouped into four extant genera ( Savage 2010). It was earlier ranked as a subfamily of Muscidae , treated as family rank for various more recent studies ( Roback 1951; Griffiths 1972; Pont 1977). A total of 16 species are known from Chile and are placed in two genera, Euryomma Stein and Fannia Robineau-Desvoidy ( Carvalho et al. 2003) .

Figures

FIGURES 111–116. Hippoboscoidea and Muscoidea of Chile: (111) Hippoboscidae (photo by Adrián Trigos); (112) Anthomyia punctipennis Wiedemann (Anthomyiidae, photo by Liliana de Marchi); (113) Fannia sp. (Fanniidae, photo by Felipe Karelovic); (114) cf. Coenosia attenuata Stein (Muscidae, photo by Camila Sanfuentes); (115) Palpibrachus sp. (Muscidae, photo by Ricardo Varela), and (116) Scathophaga tropicalis Malloch (Scathophagidae, photo by Natalia Gutiérrez).