Spania nigra
| Spania nigra | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Spania nigrain Meigen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Hexapoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Rhagionidae |
| Genus: | Spania |
| Species: | S. nigra |
| Binomial name | |
| Spania nigra Meigen, 1830 | |
Spania nigra, is a species of 'snipe flies' belonging to the family Rhagionidae. It is a Palearctic species with a limited distribution in Europe [1]
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. [2]
Biology
The larvae are thallus-miners of thallose liverworts.
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Van Veen Key Identification.
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