Spania nigra
| Spania nigra | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Spania nigrain Meigen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Rhagionidae |
| Subfamily: | Spaniinae |
| Genus: | Spania |
| Species: | S. nigra |
| Binomial name | |
| Spania nigra | |
Spania nigra, is a species of 'snipe flies' belonging to the family Rhagionidae.
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] [4] [5]
Biology
The larvae are thallus-miners of thallose liverworts.
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Oldroyd, H., 1969 Diptera Brachycera: Tabanoidea and Asiloidea (Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 9/4) Royal Entomological Society, London
- ↑ Lindner, E., 1924-38, Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region 24 : (Brachycera). Stuttgart.