Spania nigra

Spania nigra, is a species of 'snipe flies' belonging to the family Rhagionidae.

Spania nigra
Spania nigrain Meigen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Rhagionidae
Subfamily: Spaniinae
Genus: Spania
Species:
S. nigra
Binomial name
Spania nigra
Meigen, 1830[1]

It is a Palearctic species with a limited distribution in Europe [2]

Description

Tiny 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

The larvae are thallus-miners of thallose liverworts.

References

  1. 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.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Van Veen Key Identification.
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