Biology:Antocha

Short description: Genus of flies

Antocha
Antocha saxicola, mating pair
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Infraorder:	Tipulomorpha
Superfamily:	Tipuloidea
Family:	Limoniidae
Subfamily:	Limoniinae
Genus:	Antocha Osten Sacken, 1860
Type species
A. saxicola Osten Sacken, 1860
Subgenera
Antocha Osten Sacken, 1860 Orimargula Mik, 1883 Proantocha Alexander, 1919
Synonyms
Taphrophila Rondani, 1856

Antocha is a genus of crane flies in the family Limoniidae. It was first described by Baron Carl Robert Osten-Sacken in 1860.

Species

• Subgenus Antocha Osten Sacken, 1860
  • A. aciculifera Alexander, 1974
  • A. aegina Alexander, 1970
  • A. alexanderi Oosterbroek, 2009
  • A. amblystyla Alexander, 1963
  • A. angusticellula Alexander, 1969
  • A. angustiterga Alexander, 1949
  • A. arjuna Alexander, 1969
  • A. attenuata Alexander, 1969
  • A. basivena Alexander, 1936
  • A. bella Markeviciute and Podenas, 2019
  • A. biacus Savchenko, 1981
  • A. biarmata Alexander, 1940
  • A. bidens Alexander, 1932
  • A. bidigitata Alexander, 1954
  • A. bifida Alexander, 1924
  • A. biobtusa Alexander, 1968
  • A. brevifurca Alexander, 1974
  • A. brevinervis Alexander, 1924
  • A. brevistyla Alexander, 1924
  • A. capitella Alexander, 1941
  • A. chonsaniana Podenas, 2015
  • A. confluenta Alexander, 1926
  • A. constricta Alexander, 1932
  • A. dafla Alexander, 1969
  • A. decurvata Alexander, 1941
  • A. decussata Alexander, 1973
  • A. dentifera Alexander, 1924
  • A. dilatata Alexander, 1924
  • A. emarginata Alexander, 1938
  • A. exilistyla Alexander, 1969
  • A. flavidibasis Alexander, 1938
  • A. flavidula Alexander, 1936
  • A. fortidens Alexander, 1933
  • A. fusca Edwards, 1928
  • A. gladiata Alexander, 1974
  • A. globulosa Alexander, 1973
  • A. glycera Alexander, 1969
  • A. gracillima Alexander, 1924
  • A. hirtipes Savchenko, 1971
  • A. hyperlata Alexander, 1968
  • A. incurva Alexander, 1968
  • A. indica Brunetti, 1912
  • A. javanensis Alexander, 1915
  • A. khasiensis Alexander, 1936
  • A. koreana Podenas and Byun, 2014
  • A. lacteibasis Alexander, 1935
  • A. latifurca Alexander, 1969
  • A. libanotica Lackschewitz, 1940
  • A. lindneri (Nielsen, 1963)
  • A. longispina Alexander, 1969
  • A. macrocera Alexander, 1970
  • A. madrasensis Alexander, 1970
  • A. mara Alexander, 1970
  • A. microcera Alexander, 1974
  • A. minuticornis Alexander, 1931
  • A. mitosanensis Torii, 1992
  • A. monticola Alexander, 1917
  • A. multidentata Alexander, 1932
  • A. mysorensis Alexander, 1974
  • A. nebulipennis Alexander, 1931
  • A. nebulosa Edwards, 1928
  • A. neoflavella Alexander & Alexander, 1973
  • A. nigribasis Alexander, 1932
  • A. obtusa Alexander, 1925
  • A. opalizans Osten Sacken, 1860
  • A. ophioglossa Alexander, 1954
  • A. ophioglossodes Alexander, 1968
  • A. pachyphallus Alexander, 1971
  • A. pallidella Alexander, 1933
  • A. parvicristata Alexander, 1971
  • A. peracuta Alexander, 1971
  • A. perattenuata Alexander, 1971
  • A. perobtusa Alexander, 1971
  • A. perstudiosa Alexander, 1958
  • A. phoenicia Thomas and Dia, 1982
  • A. pictipennis Alexander, 1949
  • A. picturata Alexander, 1936
  • A. platyphallus Alexander, 1935
  • A. platystylis Alexander, 1974
  • A. plumbea Alexander, 1936
  • A. postnotalis Alexander, 1974
  • A. prolixistyla Alexander, 1971
  • A. pterographa Alexander, 1953
  • A. pulchra Markeviciute and Podenas, 2021
  • A. quadrifurca Alexander, 1971
  • A. quadrirhaphis Alexander, 1971
  • A. ramulifera Savchenko, 1983
  • A. rectispina Alexander, 1954
  • A. retracta Edwards, 1933
  • A. satsuma Alexander, 1919
  • A. saxicola Osten Sacken, 1860
  • A. scapularis Alexander, 1968
  • A. scelesta Alexander, 1936
  • A. scutella Alexander, 1973
  • A. scutifera Alexander, 1973
  • A. setigera Alexander, 1933
  • A. shansiensis Alexander, 1954
  • A. sparsipunctata Alexander, 1936
  • A. spiralis Alexander, 1932
  • A. stenophallus Alexander, 1974
  • A. streptocera Alexander, 1949
  • A. studiosa Alexander, 1951
  • A. styx Alexander, 1930
  • A. subconfluenta Alexander, 1930
  • A. taiwanensis Podenas and Young, 2015
  • A. thienemanni Alexander, 1931
  • A. triangularis (Brunetti, 1912)
  • A. tuberculata Torii, 1992
  • A. turkestanica de Meijere, 1921
  • A. unicollis Alexander, 1968
  • A. unilineata Brunetti, 1912
  • A. vitripennis (Meigen, 1830)
  • A. yatungensis Alexander, 1963
  • A. yeongwola Podenas, 2016
• Subgenus Orimargula Mik, 1883
  • A. almorae Alexander, 1970
  • A. alpigena (Mik, 1883)
  • A. australiensis (Alexander, 1922)
  • A. brevicornis Alexander, 1960
  • A. brevifurca Alexander, 1970
  • A. brevisector Alexander, 1970
  • A. brevivena (Edwards, 1928)
  • A. delibata Riedel, 1914
  • A. flavella (Alexander, 1926)
  • A. gracilicornis (Edwards, 1925)
  • A. gracilipes (Alexander, 1927)
  • A. griseipennis (Alexander, 1920)
  • A. hintoni Alexander, 1967
  • A. indumeni Alexander, 1956
  • A. intermedia (Edwards, 1928)
  • A. kraussi Alexander, 1955
  • A. longicornis (Alexander, 1921)
  • A. maculipleura Edwards, 1933
  • A. melina Alexander, 1957
  • A. mesocera Alexander, 1931
  • A. minuscula Alexander, 1963
  • A. multispina Alexander, 1956
  • A. nigristyla Alexander, 1956
  • A. papuensis Alexander, 1953
  • A. pauliani Alexander, 1953
  • A. pedekiboana Lindner, 1958
  • A. philippina (Alexander, 1917)
  • A. possessiva Young, 1994
  • A. praescutalis Alexander, 1936
  • A. prefurcata Alexander, 1950
  • A. quadrispinosa Alexander, 1963
  • A. salikensis Alexander, 1958
  • A. schmidi Alexander, 1958
  • A. setosa Alexander, 1960
  • A. simplex Alexander, 1970
  • A. sparsissima Alexander, 1974
  • A. tana Alexander, 1972
  • A. tanycera Alexander, 1963
  • A. tasmanica (Alexander, 1928)
  • A. transvaalia (Alexander, 1921)
  • A. venosa Alexander, 1964
• Subgenus Proantocha Alexander, 1919
  • A. integra Alexander, 1940
  • A. latistilus Torii, 1992
  • A. sagana Alexander, 1932
  • A. spinifer Alexander, 1919
  • A. uyei (Alexander, 1928)

References

• "Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae)". Naturalis Biodiversity Center. https://ccw.naturalis.nl/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4775402 entry