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Fannia albitarsis STEIN 1911

Description

Fannia albitarsis STEIN, 1911

New record for the Tristan da Cunha archipelago (see Fig. 3).

Widespread in South America (CARVALHO et al., 2003: 7), and introduced into South Africa (PONT, 1980a: 719), Amsterdam Island (PONT, 2006: 318), Australia, New Zealand (PONT, 1989: 700) and Fiji. Adult flies can be easily recognised using the key and illustrations in PONT & CARVALHO (1994: 231, figs 1-3): particularly characteristic are the ornamentations of the fore tarsomeres and hind femur in males The larvae are saprophages, and have been reared from birds’ nests, poultry and sheep dung, and carcasses of a stingray, fish and a bird (HOLLOWAY, 1985: 253).

Seven specimens (4 ♂♂, 3 ♀♀), collected on Tristan and Nightingale Islands in 2005:

TRISTAN DA CUNHA, west of Edinburgh village, potato patches, cultivated cropland, potatoes, vegetation and cattle grazing, ± 127 ft., 37°09'06"S 12°34'26"W, 07-12.ii.2005, site 2, sample 14c, C. HÄNEL, 1 ♀ (pinned) (see Fig. 3).

NIGHTINGALE, West Road, path inland from landing, tussock grassland some Scirpus and alien spp. in path, 37°25'02"S 12°28'66"W, 28-29.iii.2005, site 7, sample 19a, C. HÄNEL, 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀ (alcohol).

NIGHTINGALE, Herbert’s hut site, East Landing area, tussock grassland and alien veg. along path, 37°25'08"S 12°28'53"W, 29-31.iii.2005, site 3, sample 20a, C. HÄNEL, 1 ♀ (alcohol).

Notes

Published as part of Hänel, Christine & Pont, Adrian C., 2008, Houseflies of the Tristan da Cunha Islands: new records, including the first for Fannia albitarsis S, 1911 (Diptera: Fanniidae, Muscidae), pp. 211-222 in Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 58 (1) on pages 215-216, DOI: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.58.1.211-222, http://zenodo.org/record/5364451

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
HANEL
Event date
2005-02-07 , 2005-03-28 , 2005-03-29
Family
Fanniidae
Genus
Fannia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Diptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
STEIN
Species
albitarsis
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2005-02-07/12 , 2005-03-28/29 , 2005-03-29/31
Taxonomic concept label
Fannia albitarsis STEIN, 1911 sec. Hänel & Pont, 2008

References

  • CARVALHO, C. J. B. DE.; PONT, A. C.; COURI, M. S. & PAMPLONA, D. 2003: A catalogue of the Fanniidae (Diptera) of the Neotropical Region. - Zootaxa 219: 1 - 32.
  • PONT, A. C. 1980 a: Family Fanniidae. - In: CROSSKEY, R. W. 1980 (ed.): Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region, 1437 pp. - British Museum (Natural History), London: 719 - 720.
  • PONT, A. C. 2006. A new species of Fannia ROBINEAU-DESVOIDY, 1830 from Madagascar and La Reunion (Diptera: Fanniidae). - African Invertebrates 47: 315 - 319.
  • PONT, A. C. 1989: Family Fanniidae. - In: EVENHUIS, N. L. (ed.): Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. - Special Publications, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 86: 700 - 701, 804. - Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, and E. J. Brill, Leiden.
  • PONT, A. C. & CARVALHO, C. J. B. DE. 1994: Neotropical Fanniidae (Diptera): a key to the Fannia anthracina - group. - Entomologist's monthly Magazine 130 (3): 229 - 238.
  • HOLLOWAY, B. A. 1985: Larvae of New Zealand Fanniidae (Diptera: Calyptrata). - New Zealand Journal of Zoology 11 [1984]: 239 - 257.