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Stylospania
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Rhagionidae
Subfamily: Chrysopilinae
Genus: Stylospania
Frey, 1954[1]
Type species
Stylospania lancifera
Frey, 1954[1]

Stylospania is a genus of snipe flies of the family Rhagionidae. The genus is based on one single male specimen collected from Samar in the Philippines. It bears most of the features found in Chrysopilus, but with its stylate flagellum. The female of the genus is completely unknown. Stylospania lancifera is a delicate little fly of 4.5 mm.[2]

Distribution

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Philippines.

Species

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References

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  1. 1 2 3 Frey, R. (1954). "Studien über ostasiatische Dipteren. III. Rhachiceridae, Rhagionidae, Hilarimorphidae". Notul. Entomol. 34: 1–25.
  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.