Arthroceras

Arthroceras is a genus of snipe fly of the family Rhagionidae. Arthroceras are mid-sized to large 4.5 to 13 millimetres (0.18 to 0.51 in), black, grey, or yellowish-colored flies that have a fairly long, tapering antenna consisting of 5–8 flagellomeres. Within Rhagonidae, the genus is sometimes(?) placed in the subfamily Arthrocerinae, in which it is the only genus.

Arthroceras
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Infraorder: Tabanomorpha
Superfamily: Rhagionoidea
Family: Rhagionidae
Subfamily: Rhagioninae
Genus: Arthroceras
Williston, 1886
Type species
Arthroceras pollinosum
Williston, 1886
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Ussuriella Paramonov, 1929
  • Pseudocoenomyia Ôuchi, 1943

Species

  • A. fulvicorne Nagatomi, 1966Neotropic
    • A. fulvicorne nigricapite Nagatomi, 1966
    • A. fulvicorne subsolanum Nagatomi, 1966
  • A. subaquilum Nagatomi, 1966 – Neotropic
  • A. gadi (Paramonov, 1929)Palearctic
  • A. japonicum Nagatomi, 1954 – Palearctic
  • A. leptis (Osten Sacken, 1878) – Neotropic
  • A. pollinosum Williston, 1886 – Neotropic
  • A. rubrifrons Nagatomi, 1966 – Palearctic
  • A. sinense (Ouchi, 1943) – Palearctic

References

    • Kerr, Peter H. (2004). Revision of the Genera of the Rhagionidae of the World (Diptera: Brachycera) (PDF) (Thesis). University of Maryland. hdl:1903/1684.
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