Spaniopsis
| Spaniopsis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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]
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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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ Kerr, Peter H. (2010). "Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera)". Zootaxa. 2592 (1): 1–133. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2592.1.1.
- ^ a b c d 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. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ a b Paramonov, S.J. (1962). "A review of Australian Leptidae (Diptera)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 10: 113–169. doi:10.1071/ZO9620113.