Austroleptis
Austroleptis is a genus of snipe flies, and the sole genus in the family Austroleptidae; until 2010, it was placed in the family Rhagionidae.[2] They are small to moderately sized flies of around 3 to 7.7 mm.
| Austroleptis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Infraorder: | Tabanomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rhagionoidea |
| Family: | Austroleptidae Nagatomi, 1982[1] |
| Genus: | Austroleptis Hardy, 1920 |
| Type species | |
| Austroleptis rhyphoides Hardy, 1920 | |
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The family Austroleptidae was originally created by Nagatomi (1982) as "Austroleptinae", a subfamily of Rhagionidae.[1] It was later proposed that it be raised to family rank by Stuckenburg (2001).[3]
Species
- A. atrata Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1987 – Neotropic
- A. atriceps Malloch, 1932 – Neotropic
- A. breviflagella Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1987 – Neotropic
- A. collessi Paramonov, 1962 – Australasia
- A. fulviceps Malloch, 1932 – Neotropic
- A. longirostris Fachin, Santos & Amorim, 2018[4] – Neotropic
- A. multimaculata Hardy, 1920 – Australasia
- A. papaveroi Fachin, Santos & Amorim, 2018[4] – Neotropic
- A. penai Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1987 – Neotropic
- A. rhyphoides Hardy, 1920 – Australasia
References
- Nagatomi, Akira (1982). "The genera of Rhagionidae (Diptera)". Journal of Natural History. 16 (1): 31–70. doi:10.1080/00222938200770041.
- Kerr, P.H. (2010). "Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2592: 1–133.
- Stuckenburg, Brian R. (2001). "Pruning the tree: a critical review of classifications of the Homeodactyla (Diptera, Brachycera), with new perspectives and an alternative classification". Studia Dipterologica. 8 (1): 3–42.
- Fachin, Diego Aguilar; Santos, Charles Morphy D.; Amorim, Dalton de Souza (2018). "First two species of Austroleptis Hardy (Diptera: Brachycera: Austroleptidae) from Brazil". Zootaxa. 4369 (4): 557–574. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4369.4.6.
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