- Fannia scalaris
Taxobox | name = "Fannia scalaris"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
subphylum =Hexapoda
classis =Insect a
subclassis =Pterygota
infraclassis =Neoptera
superordo =Endopterygota |
ordo = Diptera
subordo =Brachycera
infraordo =Muscomorpha
zoosectio =Schizophora
zoosubsectio =Calyptratae
superfamilia =Muscoidea
familia =Fanniidae
genus = "Fannia"
species = "F. scalaris"
binomial = "Fannia scalaris"
binomial_authority = (Fabricius, 1794)
synonyms = *"Anthomyza propinqua" Macquart, 1851
*"Homalomyia bosnica" Strobl, 1898
*"Steinomyia steini" Malloch, 1912"Fannia scalaris" (Fabricius, 1791), known as the latrine fly is a species of the family
Fanniidae (The Leser house flies) that contains over 260 species of flies. This species is similar to the "housefly " ("Musca domestica") but is smaller, more slender, darker, and has only three longitudinal stripes on thethorax , as opposed to four in the housefly. [cite book|author=Rozkosny, R.; Gregor, F.; Pont, A.C.|year=1997 |title=The European Fanniidae (Diptera)|pages=80 pp|publisher=Institute of Landscape Ecology]This and other "Fannia" species can cause accidental Rectal
myiasis in humans. It is believed that myiasis occurs as a result of a "Fannia" fly laying eggs on theanus and larvae crawling in to the rectum to begin development. There are no serious medical consequences of this parasitic fly. [cite book|author=Schmidt, G. & Roberts, L.|year=2004|title=Foundations of Parasitology|pages=740pp|publisher=McGraw Hill |location=Boston|isbn= 978-0-072-34898-9|edition=7th] [cite book|author=Leclercq M, Laurent P.|year=1973 |title=Rectal myiasis with larvae of Fannia scalaris FAB. (Diptera muscidae) in Belgium|pages=27-28 pp|Rev Med Liege] "Fanniidae scalaris" has also been documented causing Urogenital myiasis in children. [cite book|author=Werner H, Rall E, Hendrischk A|year=1975 |title=Urogenital myiasis with Fannia scalaris|pages=1397-8 pp|Dtsch Med Wochenschr]References
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