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Arthroteles

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Arthroteles
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Bezzi, M. (1926). "South African Rhagionidae (Diptera) in the South African Museum". Annals of the South African Museum. 23: 297–324. 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. ^ a b 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.