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).