A catalogue of the Fanniidae (Diptera) of the Neotropical Region Author De Carvalho, C. J. B. Author Pont, A. C. Author Couri, M. S. Author Pamplona, D. text Zootaxa 2003 219 1 32 journal article 51372 10.5281/zenodo.156183 8cb5251e-191a-40b3-9c48-582671b5fc43 1175­5326 156183 femoralis Stein, 1898 :282 ( Homalomyia ) . Syntypes male, FMNH . Type­locality: USA , Louisiana, Opelousas [Ref. Huckett 1975 :80]. Distr.­ Mexico , Cuba , Virgin Is., Puerto Rico , Haiti , Dominican Republic , Guyana , Peru , Bolivia , Brazil , Argentina ; North America . Fannia femoralis ; Stein 1911 :108 ( Peru ); Stein 1919 :131 (cat.); Curran 1928a :89 ( Puerto Rico , Haiti , Dominican Republic ); Engel 1931 :136 ( Bolivia , Argentina ); Curran 1934b :467 ( British Guiana ); Wolcott 1936 :369 ( Puerto Rico ); Séguy 1937 :167 (cat.); Beatty 1944 :151 (Virgin Is.: St. Croix); Wolcott 1948 :496 ( Puerto Rico ); Seago 1954 :6 ( Cuba , Mexico , N. America ), fig. 6 (hind femur); Chillcott 1961 :214 ( Mexico & N. America ), figs 145, 145A (male genitalia), 210 (female ovipositor), 281 (larva); Pont 1972 :4 (cat.); Albuquerque et al. 1981 :10 ( pusio ­subgroup), 12 ( Brazil , description male), 22 (key); Alayo and Garcia 1983 :110 (cat.); Couri and Pamplona 1991 :119 ( pusio ­subgroup); Carvalho et al. 1993:9 (cat.); Carvalho et al. 2002:108 (key), 112 ( Brazil , human habits).