A review of the carbonaria - subgroup of Fannia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Fanniidae), with descriptions of two new species from China Author Wang, Ming-Fu Author Zhang, Dong Author Zheng, Shuang Author Zhang, Chun-Tian text Zootaxa 2009 2204 37 47 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.189685 66bb0dab-f337-474b-aa68-b880385f7f67 1175-5326 189685 Fannia corvina ( Verrall, 1892 )
Homalomyia corvina Verrall, 1892: 149 .
Fannia corvina (Verrall) : Wang, 1993: 458; Xue & Wang, 1998: 820; Wang & Xue, 2002: 56; Su & Wang, 2004: 110;
Wang et al ., 2004: 136, 137.
Description: Male: Body length 5.0– 5.5 mm . Eye with sparse and short hairs, facets slightly enlarged on anterior margin in upper part; postocular setae irregularly placed; occipital setae in one row; fronto-orbital plate and parafacial with greyish-white pruinosity; the median part of frons about as wide as 2/3 of antennal first flagellomere, frontal vitta black, linear in median part, frontal setae 8 or 9, the gaps filled with numerous fine setae, upper orbital setae absent; parafacial bare, about as wide as 3/4 of first flagellomere width in median part; antenna black, first flagellomere 2.0X longer than wide, arista ciliated, the longest hair slightly shorter than width of arista at base; epistoma not projecting beyond vibrissal angle, vibrissal angle behind frontal angle in profile; gena and genal dilation with black hairs, upper margin of gena without upcurved setae; proboscis stout, labella large, prementum with grayish-brown pruinosity, its length 2.0X longer than its width, palpus black, claviform, slightly longer than prementum. Thorax black in ground colour, notum with light brownish gray pruinosity, without distinct vitta; presutural acr triserial, hair-like, only prescutellar pairs slightly stout, the distance between two acr rows slightly narrower than the distance between acr row and dc row, dc 2+3, ia 0+2, pra 1, about 4/5 of the length of posterior notopleural seta, notopleuron without seta; basisternum, proepisternum, anepimeron, meron and katepimeron bare; katepisternal setae 1:1, katepisternum without ventral spines; spiracles brown; calypters yellow, the lower one slightly projecting beyond the upper one. Wing brownish; veins brown, tegula dark brown, basicosta yellow, costal spine inconspicuous; vein Sc not curved bow-like; node of Rs bare on ventral and dorsal surfaces; veins R4+5 and M conspicuously close to each other distally; vein R4+5 straight; crossveins without obvious cloud; haltere brownish yellow. Legs entirely black, fore tibia without ad and median p , fore first tarsomere with numerous longish setae on ventral surface; mid coxa without any hooked spines or spine-like setae on lower and outer margins, mid femur with long and sparse av and pv rows in basal half, becoming gradually denser and shorter towards apex, av row comb-like in distal part, pv row becoming biserial in median part, mid tibia slightly swollen in distal half, with 2 ad , 2 pd and numerous slender hairs on ventral surface, the longest one about equal to mid tibia width, mid first tarsomere without basal tooth-like spines on ventral surface; hind coxa bare on posterior surface, hind femur with 4 long av in distal half, hind tibia with 1 or 2 av , 2 ad and 1 median d . Abdomen oval, depressed and flattened, black in ground colour, with light grayish brown pruinosity; syntergite 1+2 to tergite 5 each with 1 broad median vitta; sternite 1 with 4 or 5 hairs. Female: Unknown. Specimens examined: 1 male , China : Shanxi: Guangling: Haizi, 24.v.1983 , Coll. M.F. Wang; 1 male , China : Liaoning: Xiuyan, Mt. Yaoshan, 400–800m , 19.v.2007 , Coll. C.T. Zhang; 1 male , China : Xinjiang: Mt. Tianshan, 1600m , 11.vi.1960 , Coll. F.C. Zhang. Distribution: China (Shanxi, Liaoning, Xinjiang), Japan (Honshu), Norway , Sweden , Ireland , Great Britain , Denmark , Germany , Poland , Czech Republic , Switzerland , Austria , Hungary , Italy , Canada , United States .