Fannia hirtifemur (Stein)

Fannia hirtifemur Stein, 1904:457 (Homalomyia) . Syntypes male and female deposited in the Museum fürNaturkunde der Humboldt–Universität (ZMHB) (Pont & Werner 2006: 10). Type-locality: Colombia.

Diagnosis. these characters apply to the male sex; general coloration black; eye with sparse setulae; 17 fr; antenna and palpus grey to black; 2 pra, seta near suture stronger; haltere and calypters whitish; wing brownish, darker on upper third, between C vein and halfway between veins R1 and R2+3; legs dark brown and tarsi darkened; fore femur setulose on anterior surface, with long setae; mid tibia on ventral surface constricted on basal half; hind coxa on posterior margin with 2 setulae; hind femur on posteroventral surface with weak protuberance and a tuft of short setae on it; abdomen elongate, black with tergites 2–5 on lateral basal margin lighter in colour; male terminalia with cercal plate wider than long and uniformly setulose. Female with three pear-shaped spermathecae, one smaller than the others (Stein 1911; Albuquerque et al. 1981; Domínguez 2007).

Biology. Unknown.

Comments. the male of Fannia hirtifemur is close to male of F. obscurinervis and F. abnormis (Stein 1911) . According to Albuquerque et al. (1981) it belongs to the obscurinervis group; the monophyly of the group has not been corroborated (Domínguez & Roig-Juñent 2008).

Reference for Colombia: Stein (1904).

Distribution. Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil and Argentina (de Carvalho et al. 2003).