Fannia scalaris (Fabricius, 1794)

Pont, Adrian C., 2015, Description of a new species of Fannia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera: Fanniidae) and distribution records of the genus from the Caucasus Mountains, Zootaxa 3956 (1), pp. 140-148 : 147

Fannia scalaris (Fabricius, 1794)

GEORGIA: Mtskheta-Mtianeti: Mt Sameba, forest, 2100–2200 m, 12. vii.1983, 1 ♂.

ARMENIA: Aragatsotn: River Kasakh between Alagyaz and Aparan, N40.37 E44.20, 1950 m, 19. v.2012, 1 ♂. Gegharkunik: Sevan Monastery, N40.33 E45.01, 1920 m, 13. vi.2010, 1 ♀. Syunik: River Meghri in Meghri, N38.54 E46.15, 630 m, 23. vii.2011, 1 ♀. Vayots Dzor: stream below Noravank church, N39.41 E45.14, 1460 m, 15. vi.2010, 1 ♀.

Armenian distribution. Aragatsotn, Gegharkunik, Syunik and Vayots Dzor provinces.

Distribution. Almost cosmopolitan: Holarctic, Oriental ( India (HP), Pakistan, Taiwan), Afrotropical ( South Africa) and Neotropical ( Brazil, Chile, Argentina) regions; Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran ( Pont 1986: 55). New for Armenia and new for Georgia.

Note. Known as the latrine fly.