NOTES ON FANNIA MOLLISSIMA GROUP AND DESCRIPTIONS OF FIVE NEW SPECIES (DIPTERA: FANNIIDAE) FROM CHINA
Journal Title: Acta Parasitologica et Medica Entomologica Sinica - Year 2024, Vol 31, Issue 4
Abstract
This paper is to review Fannia mollissima-group (Diptera: Fanniidae). Five new species are described, including Fannia emeishanensis Wang & Cheng, sp. nov., Fannia annia pilitarsis Wang, sp. nov., Fannia prominenicauda Wang, sp. nov., Fannia unispina Wang, sp. nov. and Fannia yunnanensis Wang, sp. nov. The type specimens were deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Shenyang Normal University, China. An identification key to the 23 species of Fannia mollissima-group is provided. Geographically, only F. mollissima and F. subpellucens have a wide distribution in the Palearctic and Nearctic regions, the other twenty-one species of the mollissima-group have overlapping ranges in the Tibetan Plateau and adjacent regions.
Authors and Affiliations
Xiao-lan CHENG, Ming-fu WANG, Shao-yuan LIU
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