Spania (fly)
| Spania | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Rhagionidae |
| Subfamily: | Spaniinae |
| Genus: | Spania Meigen, 1830[1] |
| Type species | |
| Spania nigra | |
| Synonyms | |
Spania is a genus of snipe flies of the family Rhagionidae.[4][5]
Spania are small - 2 to 3.0 mm, dark brown to black in colour.
Species
[edit]- Spania americana Johnson, 1923[6]
- Spania kyushuensis Nagatomi & Saigusa, 1982[7]
- Spania naitoi Nagatomi & Saigusa, 1982[7]
- Spania nigra Meigen, 1830[1]
- Stylospania lancifera Frey, 1954[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ Szilády, Z. (1934). "Die palaearktischen Rhagioniden" (PDF). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 28 (2): 229–270. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ Bigot, J.M.F. (1856). "Essai d'une classification generale et synoptique de l'ordre des insectes diptères. 4e memoire. Tribus des Tabani, Nemestrinidii, Cyrtidii et Leptidii (mini)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 4 (3): 51–91. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Kerr, Peter H. (2010). "Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera)". Zootaxa. 2592 (1): 1–133. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2592.1.1.
- ^ Johnson, C.W. (1923). "New and interesting species of Diptera". Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History. 5: 69–72. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ a b Nagatomi, A.; Saigusa, T. (1982). "The Japanese Spania (Diptera, Rhagionidae)". Kontyû. 50: 225–232.
- ^ Frey, R. (1954). "Studien über ostasiatische Dipteren. III. Rhachiceridae, Rhagionidae, Hilarimorphidae". Notul. Entomol. 34: 1–25.