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.
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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 | |
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Species
- A. fulvicorne Nagatomi, 1966 – Neotropic
- 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
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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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