Fannia

Fannia
A genus of flies of the family Muscidae. Species include F. canicularis (the lesser housefly), commonly observed in kitchens or near food, which resembles Musca domestica (the common housefly) but is somewhat smaller and has three brown stripes on the thorax, and F. scalaris (the latrine fly), which commonly lays eggs in liquid feces of humans and animals and is distinguished from F. canicularis by two brown stripes on its thorax.

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Fan·nia 'fan-ē-ə n a genus of dipteran flies (family Anthomyiidae) resembling but smaller than the common housefly and including the little housefly (F. canicularis) and the latrine fly (F. scalaris)

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Fan·nia (fanґe-ə) a genus of flies of the family Muscidae whose larvae can cause intestinal and urinary myiasis in humans. This genus is sometimes calssified as part of the family Anthomyiidae.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • fannia — ● fannia nom masculin (de Fannia, nom propre) Petite mouche domestique ou floricole dont la larve, qui se trouve souvent dans les fromages, peut provoquer des myiases chez l homme et les animaux …   Encyclopédie Universelle

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  • Fannia lex — (röm. Ant.), eine der Sumtuariae leges, s.d …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • FANNIA Lex — lata est A. U. C. 508. Gell. l. 2. c. 24. quae ludis Romanis, item ludis plebeis, Saturnalibus, et aliis quibuldam diebus, in singulos dies centenos aeris insumi concessit, decemque aliis diebus in singulis mensibus tricenos: ceteris autem… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Fannia canicularis — Kleine Stubenfliege Kleine Stubenfliege ♂ (Fannia canicularis) Systematik Klasse: Insekten (Insecta) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Fannia scalaris — Taxobox | name = Fannia scalaris regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Hexapoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Pterygota infraclassis = Neoptera superordo = Endopterygota| ordo = Diptera subordo = Brachycera infraordo = Muscomorpha… …   Wikipedia

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