Arthroteles

Arthroteles
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Infraorder: Tabanomorpha
Superfamily: Tabanoidea
Family: Rhagionidae
Subfamily: Rhagioninae
Genus: Arthroteles
Bezzi, 1926
Type species
Arthroteles bombyliiformis
Bezzi, 1926
Species

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Arthroteles is a genus of snipe fly of the family Rhagionidae. Species of Arthroteles are moderately sized from 5 to 7.5 mm. these are flies of gray to dark grey colour. Their antenna bears seven to eight tapering flagellomeres, the first much larger than all others.

They are only known form South Africa.

Species

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