Biology:Spania nigra
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Short description: Species of fly
| Spania nigra | |
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| Spania nigrain Meigen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Rhagionidae |
| Subfamily: | Spaniinae |
| Genus: | Spania |
| Species: | S. nigra
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| Binomial name | |
| Spania nigra Meigen, 1830[1]
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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
- ↑ (in de) Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. (Volume 6). Schulz-Wundermann. 1830. https://dlib.stanford.edu:6521/text1/dd-ill/insekten6.pdf.
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Van Veen Key Identification.
Wikidata ☰ Q14088165 entry
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