Spaniinae is a worldwide
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...
of
predatory
Predation is a biological interaction in which one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill ...
snipe flies.
Genera
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Litoleptis''
Chillcott, 1963 - Nearctic, Oriental, Neotropic
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Omphalophora''
Becker
Becker () is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker (and thus his family). In northern Germany, it can also derive from th ...
, 1900 - Palearctic, Nearctic
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Palaeoarthroteles''
Kovalev & Mostovski, 1997
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Ptiolina''
Stæger in Zetterstedt
Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (20 May 1785 – 23 December 1874) was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.
Biography
Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He receiv ...
, 1842 - Nearctic, Palearctic
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Spania
Spania () was a Roman province, province of the Eastern Roman Empire from 552 until 624 in the south of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. It was established by the List of Byzantine emperors, Emperor Justinian I in an effort to res ...
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Meigen, 1830 - Nearctic, Palearctic
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Spaniopsis''
White, 1914 - Australasia
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Symphoromyia''
Frauenfeld
Frauenfeld (Alemannic German, Alemannic: ''Frauefäld'') is the capital of the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Canton of Thurgau, Thurgau in Switzerland.
The official language of Frauenfeld is (the Swiss variety of Standard) Swiss Standard Ge ...
, 1867 - Nearctic, Palearctic
References
Rhagionidae
Brachycera subfamilies
Taxa named by Richard Karl Hjalmar Frey
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