Fannia postica

Wang, Ming-fu, Li, Kai & Zhang, Dong, 2011, Taxonomic review of the postica-group of Fannia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Fanniidae) from China, with the description of one new species, ZooKeys 112, pp. 1-19 : 2

Fannia postica -group

Fannia postica -group: Chillcott, 1961: 101, 222; Rozkošný et al. 1997: 48.

Diagnosis.

Each tibia with at most one seta on each surface; mid first tarsomere usually with basal tooth-like spines or clustered hairs on ventral surface; hind femur usually with one or numerous av; hind coxa bare on posterior surface (except Fannia discoculea and Fannia coculea ); lower calypter at least leaf-like, otherwise lower calypter projecting beyond upper one; pra usually 2; presutural acr usually biserial; katepisternum without ventral spines; male cercal plate longish, the median part distinctly swollen in ventral view, the median part curving anteriorly and the apex curving posteriorly in lateral view. For detailed descriptions of the adults, see Chillcott (1961: 124).

Included species: Fannia postica -subgroup: Fannia brevicauda Chillcott, Fannia discoculea , Fannia enigmata Chillcott, Fannia flavibasis (Stein), Fannia multisetosa Chillcott, Fannia postica , Fannia ringdahlana , Fannia sequoiae Chillcott; Fannia spathiophora -subgroup: Fannia aethiops , Fannia ardua , Fannia bigelowi Chillcott, Fannia brooksi Chillcott, Fannia coculea , Fannia gotlandica Ringdahl, Fannia nudifemorata sp. n., Fannia scyphocerca Chillcott, Fannia slovaca Gregor & Rozkošný, Fannia spathiophora , Fannia stigi , Fannia tundrarum Chillcott, Fannia umbratica Collin, Fannia umbrosa (Stein).

Key to males of the known Chinese species of the Fannia postica -group