Biology:Arthroteles

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Short description: Genus of flies

Arthroteles
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Rhagionidae
Subfamily: Rhagioninae
Genus: Arthroteles
Bezzi, 1926[1]
Type species
Arthroteles bombyliiformis
Bezzi, 1926[1]

Arthroteles is a genus of snipe fly of the family Rhagionidae. Species of Arthroteles are moderately sized, from 5 to 7.5 mm. They are gray to dark gray in colour. Their antenna bears seven to eight tapering flagellomeres, the first much larger than all others.[2]

They are only known from South Africa .

Species

  • Arthroteles bombyliiformis Bezzi, 1926[1]
  • Arthroteles cinerea Stuckenberg, 1956[3]
  • Arthroteles longipalpis Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1990[4]
  • Arthroteles orophila Stuckenberg, 1956[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bezzi, M. (1926). "South African Rhagionidae (Diptera) in the South African Museum". Annals of the South African Museum 23: 297-324. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42375573#page/325/mode/1up. Retrieved 3 June 2022. 
  2. Kerr, Peter H. (2010). "Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera)". Zootaxa 2592 (1): 1-133. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Stuckenberg, B.R. (1956). "Notes on the genus Arthroteles Bezzi, with descriptions of two new species (Diptera: Errinidae)". Annals of the Natal Museum 13: 313-335. 
  4. Nagatomi, A.; Nagatomi, H. (1990). "A new Arthroteles from South Africa (Diptera, Rhagionidae)". South Pacific Study 10: 309-316. 

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