Spania nigra, is a species of 'snipe flies' belonging to the family Rhagionidae.
Spania nigra | |
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Spania nigrain Meigen | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Rhagionidae |
Subfamily: | Spaniinae |
Genus: | Spania |
Species: | S. nigra
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Binomial name | |
Spania nigra |
It is a Palearctic species with a limited distribution in Europe [2]
Description
editTiny black flies without a true style, but the ventral margin of the last antennal segment is produced into a pseudostyle. Vein M3 usually does not reach the wing-margin. Metapleura bare. [3]
Biology
editThe larvae are thallus-miners of thallose liverworts.
References
edit- ^ Meigen JW (1830). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. (Volume 6) (PDF) (in German). Schulz-Wundermann. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-09.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Van Veen Key Identification.