Fannia lepida (Wiedemann, 1817)

Pont, Adrian C., 2015, Description of a new species of Fannia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera: Fanniidae) and distribution records of the genus from the Caucasus Mountains, Zootaxa 3956 (1), pp. 140-148 : 146

Fannia lepida (Wiedemann, 1817)

GEORGIA: Mtskheta-Mtianeti: Mt Sameba, forest, 2100–2200 m, 7. vii.1983, 4 ♂, & 12. vii.1983, 1 ♂.

ARMENIA: Kotayk: River Hrazdan north of Arzakan, N40.30 E44.34, 1880 m, 3. vi.2005, 3 ♀; River Marmarik north-west of Aghavnadzor village, N40.34 E4.41, 1760 m, 3. vi.2005, 2 ♂; Tsakhkadzor, wood, faeces trap, N40.32 E44.41, 2240 m, 28. v.2012, 1 ♀.

Armenian distribution. Kotayk province.

Distribution. Widespread in the Palaearctic and Nearctic regions, also Kashmir, but sparse in the Mediterranean and western Asia; Azerbaijan, Turkey. Previously recorded from Armenia and Georgia ( Pont et al., 2005: 75).