Arthroceras
| Arthroceras | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Brachycera |
| Infraorder: | Tabanomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Tabanoidea |
| Family: | Rhagionidae |
| Subfamily: | Rhagioninae |
| Genus: | Arthroceras Williston, 1886 |
| Type species | |
| Arthroceras pollinosum Williston, 1886 | |
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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.
Species
- A. fulvicorne Nagatomi, 1966 - Neotropic
- 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
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References
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