Biology:Spania nigra

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Spania nigra
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Spania nigrain Meigen
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Rhagionidae
Subfamily: Spaniinae
Genus: Spania
Species:
S. nigra
Binomial name
Spania nigra
Meigen, 1830[1]

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]

Biology

The larvae are thallus-miners of thallose liverworts.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q14088165 entry