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Lesser house fly

Fannia canicularis (Linnaeus, 1761)

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The lesser house fly (Fannia canicularis) is a species in the family Fanniidae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about the lesser house fly

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the lesser house fly live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the lesser house fly as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Japan
  2. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the lesser house fly endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the lesser house fly classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyFanniidae
  6. genusFannia
  7. SpeciesFannia canicularis (Linnaeus, 1761)

Synonyms Aminta rivularis, Aminta rivulars, Anthomyia canalicularis, Anthomyia chilensis, Anthomyia constantina, Anthomyia fulvomaculata, Anthomyia hilaris, Anthomyia introducta, Anthomyia ischiaca, Anthomyia isura, Anthomyia muscoides, Anthomyia tuberosa, Fannia lateralis, Fannia socio, Fannia sociominor, Fannia tuberosa, Homalomyia fraxinea, Homalomyia fucivorax, Homalomyia mexicana, Homalomyia prunivora, Musca canicularis, Musca cunicularis, Musca latealis, Musca lateralis, Musca socio, Musca socio minor, Musca sociominor

Other names and names in other languages (22)
  • Little house flyEnglish
  • ذباب المنازل الصغيرArabic
  • slunilka pokojováCzech
  • Lille stueflueDanish
  • Kleine StubenfliegeGerman
  • Petite mouche domestiqueFrench
  • kis házilégyHungarian
  • ヒメイエバエJapanese
  • 딸집파리Korean
  • liten husflueNorwegian Bokmål
  • KamervliegDutch
  • lita husflugeNorwegian Nynorsk
  • Zgniłówka pokojowaPolish
  • Малая комнатная мухаRussian
  • báikačurutNorthern Sami
  • slnivka izbováSlovak
  • takdansflugaSwedish
  • 夏廁蠅Chinese
  • mouche (petite) domestiqueFrench
  • Kleine kamervliegDutch
  • gollebahtaNorthern Sami
  • liten husflugaSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the lesser house fly

Other species in the same genus Fannia.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the lesser house fly an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the lesser house fly as introduced in 2 countries: Japan and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the lesser house fly?

The lesser house fly (Fannia canicularis) belongs to the family Fanniidae in the order Diptera.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Lesser house fly (Fannia canicularis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/lesser-house-fly

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“Lesser house fly (Fannia canicularis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/lesser-house-fly.

BibTeX
@misc{lesser_house_fly_2026,
  title = {Lesser house fly (Fannia canicularis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/lesser-house-fly},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}