Biology:Alloleptis

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Alloleptis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Rhagionidae
Genus: Alloleptis
Nagatomi & Saigusa, 1982[1]
Species:
A. tersus
Binomial name
Alloleptis tersus
Nagatomi & Saigusa, 1982[1]

Alloleptis is a genus of snipe fly of the family Rhagionidae. It is a small fly of about 4 mm and only known from Sulawesi. It currently contains only one species, Alloleptis tersus.[2][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Nagatomi, A.; Saigusa, T. (1982). "[New genus] p. 40. In Nagatomi, A. 1982. The genera of Rhagionidae (Diptera): .". Journal of Natural History 16: 31-70. 
  2. Kerr, P. H. (2004). Revision of the Genera of the Rhagionidae of the World (Diptera: Brachycera) (PDF) (Thesis). University of Maryland. hdl:1903/1684.
  3. Kerr, P. H. (2010). "Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera)". Zootaxa 2592: 1–133. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2397.1.1. http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02592p133f.pdf. 

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