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Fannia lustrator, Fanniidae, Hungary, May 2007
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Is this a female Fannia sp? If so, can you suggest a group or a species?
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Teglagyar u. 30.
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Another image.
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Fannia lustrator female, which can have a dark abdomen (frons narrow + mid and hind femora predominantly yellow).
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I would have never guessed. This must be a truly variable species. Thx Stephane, I hope you can comment the other recent difficult threads.
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Actually I found two better images of the male.
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I think the picture 53469.jpg shows a male F. lustrator. I can see the long spine on katepisternum and hook-like bristle on mid coxa. If Nikita agree...
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Yes I am now quite confident how the male looks like.
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