Spania nigra
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| Spania nigrain Meigen | |
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| Species: | S. nigra
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| Spania nigra Meigen, 1830
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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 [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
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Van Veen Key Identification.