Spania (fly)

Spania
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Brachycera
Infraorder:	Tabanomorpha
Superfamily:	Rhagionoidea
Family:	Rhagionidae
Subfamily:	Spaniinae
Genus:	Spania; Meigen, 1830
Type species
	Spania nigra; Meigen, 1830
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Archicera Szilády, 1934;

Spania is a genus of snipe flies of the family Rhagionidae. Some authorities place this genus in the family Spaniidae Nagatomi, 1975, this move has not however yet gained much widespread acceptance.^[1]

Spania are small - 2 to 3.0 mm, dark brown to black in colour.

Species

S. americana Johnson, 1923
S. edeta Walker, 1849
S. kyushuensis Nagatomi & Saigusa, 1982
S. naitoi Nagatomi & Saigusa, 1982
S. nigra Meigen, 1830

References

^ Stubbs, Alan E.; Drake, Martin (2001). British Soldierflies and their allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pages. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.

[Stubbs-1] Stubbs, Alan E.; Drake, Martin (2001). British Soldierflies and their allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pages. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.

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