Review of the Fannia postica-group Chillcott, 1961 of the genus Fannia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, with description of two new species from the Palearctic and Oriental regions (Diptera, Fanniidae)

Ming-Fu Wang; Wei Li; Wei-Bing Zhu; Dong Zhang

doi:10.3897/zookeys.598.7983

Review of the Fannia postica-group Chillcott, 1961 of the genus Fannia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, with description of two new species from the Palearctic and Oriental regions (Diptera, Fanniidae)

Zookeys. 2016 Jun 14:(598):113-28. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.598.7983. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Ming-Fu Wang¹, Wei Li², Wei-Bing Zhu³, Dong Zhang⁴

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Entomology, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang, 110034, P.R. China.
² College of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, P.R. China.
³ Shanghai Entomological Museum, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032, P.R. China.
⁴ School of Nature Conservation, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, P.R. China.

Abstract

A total of 17 species of the Fannia postica-group Chillcott, 1961 from the Palearctic and Oriental regions are reviewed herein, 2 of which are described from China as new: Fannia ningxiaensis Wang & Zhang, sp. n. and Fannia subaethiops Wang & Zhu, sp. n.. Fannia labidocerca Feng & Xue, 2006, originally placed in Fannia serena-group Chillcott, 1961, is moved to the postica-group and re-described. An identification key to the males of known species from these regions is provided.

Keywords: Fannia serena-group; Species transference; identification key; new Chinese species.

Publication types

Review