Arthroteles

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.

Arthroteles
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Suborder:
Brachycera
Infraorder:
Tabanomorpha
Superfamily:
Rhagionoidea
Family:
Rhagionidae
Subfamily:
Rhagioninae
Genus:
Arthroteles

Bezzi, 1926
Type species
Arthroteles bombyliiformis
Bezzi, 1926
Species

See text

They are only known from South Africa.

Species
  • A. bombyliiformis Bezzi, 1926
  • A. cinerea Stuckenberg, 1956
  • A. longipalpis Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1990
  • A. orophila Stuckenberg, 1956

References
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