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Spaniopsis

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Spaniopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Rhagionidae
Subfamily: Spaniinae
Genus: Spaniopsis
White, 1914[1]
Type species
Spaniopsis tabaniformis
White, 1914[1]

Spaniopsis is a genus of snipe flies of the family Rhagionidae. They are very stout bodied flies from 3 to 6 mm, with generally grey or dark grey thorax, and are only known from Australia.[2]

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  1. ^ a b c White, A. (1914). "The Diptera-Brachycera of Tasmania. Part I. Families Leptidae, Stratiomyidae, Nemestrinidae, & Cyrtidae. Pap". Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1914: 35–74. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.19950.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c d Ferguson, E.W. (1915). "Descriptions of new Australian blood-sucking flies belonging to the family Leptidae". J. R. Soc. N.S.W. 49: 233–243. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b Paramonov, S.J. (1962). "A review of Australian Leptidae (Diptera)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 10: 113–169. doi:10.1071/ZO9620113.