Biology:Spaniopsis

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Spaniopsis
Scientific classification e
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]

Species

  • Spaniopsis clelandi Ferguson, 1915[3]
  • Spaniopsis longicornis Ferguson, 1915[3]
  • Spaniopsis mackerrasi (Paramonov, 1962)[4]
  • Spaniopsis marginipennis Ferguson, 1915[3]
  • Spaniopsis rieki (Paramonov, 1962)[4]
  • Spaniopsis tabaniformis White, 1914[1]
  • Spaniopsis vexans Ferguson, 1915[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41688324#page/319/mode/1up. Retrieved 1 December 2022. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Paramonov, S.J. (1962). "A review of Australian Leptidae (Diptera)". Australian Journal of Zoology 10: 113–169. doi:10.1071/ZO9620113. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7573121 entry