| Arthroteles | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Rhagionidae |
| Subfamily: | Rhagioninae |
| Genus: | Arthroteles Bezzi, 1926 |
| Type species | |
| Arthroteles bombyliiformis Bezzi, 1926 | |
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.
They are only known from South Africa.
Species
- Arthroteles bombyliiformis Bezzi, 1926
- Arthroteles cinerea Stuckenberg, 1956
- Arthroteles longipalpis Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1990
- Arthroteles orophila Stuckenberg, 1956
References
- ^ 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.
- Kerr, Peter H. (2010). "Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera)". Zootaxa. 2592 (1): 1–133.
- ^ 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.
- Nagatomi, A.; Nagatomi, H. (1990). "A new Arthroteles from South Africa (Diptera, Rhagionidae)". South Pacific Study. 10: 309–316.
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| Arthroteles | |