Spania nigra

Spania nigra, is a species of 'snipe flies' belonging to the family Rhagionidae.

Spania nigra

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Spania nigrain Meigen
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S. nigra
Binomial name
Spania nigra
Meigen, 1830

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

  1. Fauna Europaea
  2. Van Veen Key Identification.
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