Studies on the species of Fanniinae (Diptera : Muscidae) from Japan : 1. One new and three newly recorded species of the genus Fannia

Abstract

In the present paper, Fannia aerea (Zetterstedt), Fannia metallipennis (Zetterstedt) and Fannia spathiophora Malloch are newly recorded. These are Holarctic species, and could be collected in the higher mountains (at about 2,000m above sea level) of Honshu in summer. One new species belonging to the minutipalpis subgroup of carbonaria group is described in the present paper. It is very interesting that the allied species are only found in North America.