Spania (fly) explained

Spania is a genus of snipe flies of the family Rhagionidae.^{[1] [2]}

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

Species

• Spania americana Johnson, 1923^[3]
• Spania kyushuensis Nagatomi & Saigusa, 1982^[4]
• Spania naitoi Nagatomi & Saigusa, 1982^[4]
• Spania nigra Meigen, 1830
• Stylospania lancifera Frey, 1954^[5]

Notes and References

1. Book: Stubbs . Alan E. . Drake . Martin . British Soldierflies and their allies

   A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera

   . 2001 . . London . 1-899935-04-5 . 528 pages .
2. Kerr . Peter H. . Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera) . Zootaxa . 2010 . 2592 . 1 . 1–133. 10.11646/zootaxa.2592.1.1 .
3. Johnson . C.W. . New and interesting species of Diptera . Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History . 1923 . 5 . 69–72 . 1 December 2022.
4. Nagatomi . A. . Saigusa . T. . The Japanese Spania (Diptera, Rhagionidae) . Kontyû . 1982 . 50 . 225–232.
5. Frey . R. . Studien über ostasiatische Dipteren. III. Rhachiceridae, Rhagionidae, Hilarimorphidae . Notul. Entomol. . 1954 . 34 . 1–25.