Spania (fly)

Spania is a genus of snipe flies of the family Rhagionidae. Some authorities place this genus in the family Spaniidae Nagatomi, 1975, this move has not however yet gained much widespread acceptance.[1]

Spania
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Suborder:
Brachycera
Infraorder:
Tabanomorpha
Superfamily:
Rhagionoidea
Family:
Rhagionidae
Subfamily:
Spaniinae
Genus:
Spania

Meigen, 1830
Type species
Spania nigra
Meigen, 1830
Species

See text

Synonyms

Spania are small - 2 to 3.0 mm, dark brown to black in colour.

Species
  • S. americana Johnson, 1923
  • S. edeta Walker, 1849
  • S. kyushuensis Nagatomi & Saigusa, 1982
  • S. naitoi Nagatomi & Saigusa, 1982
  • S. nigra Meigen, 1830

References
  1. Stubbs, Alan E.; Drake, Martin (2001). British Soldierflies and their allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pages. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
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