Spaniopsis

Spaniopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Rhagionidae
Subfamily:	Spaniinae
Genus:	Spaniopsis; White, 1914
Type species
	Spaniopsis tabaniformis; White, 1914

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.

Species

Spaniopsis clelandi Ferguson, 1915
Spaniopsis longicornis Ferguson, 1915
Spaniopsis mackerrasi (Paramonov, 1962)
Spaniopsis marginipennis Ferguson, 1915
Spaniopsis rieki (Paramonov, 1962)
Spaniopsis tabaniformis White, 1914
Spaniopsis vexans Ferguson, 1915

References

1 2 3 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.
1 2 3 4 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.
1 2 Paramonov, S.J. (1962). "A review of Australian Leptidae (Diptera)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 10: 113–169. doi:10.1071/ZO9620113.

[White1914-1] 1 2 3 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.

[Kerr2010-2] 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.

[Ferguson1915-3] 1 2 3 4 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.

[Paramonov1962-4] 1 2 Paramonov, S.J. (1962). "A review of Australian Leptidae (Diptera)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 10: 113–169. doi:10.1071/ZO9620113.