Alloleptis

Alloleptis is a genus of snipe fly of the family Rhagionidae. It is a small fly of about 4 mm and only known from Sulawesi. It currently contains only one species, Alloleptis tersus.[2][3]

Alloleptis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Rhagionidae
Genus: Alloleptis
Nagatomi & Saigusa, 1982[1]
Species:
A. tersus
Binomial name
Alloleptis tersus
Nagatomi & Saigusa, 1982[1]

References
  1. Nagatomi, A.; Saigusa, T. (1982). "[New genus] p. 40. In Nagatomi, A. 1982. The genera of Rhagionidae (Diptera): ". Journal of Natural History. 16: 31–70.
  2. Kerr, P. H. (2004). Revision of the Genera of the Rhagionidae of the World (Diptera: Brachycera) (PDF) (Thesis). University of Maryland. hdl:1903/1684.
  3. Kerr, P. H. (2010). "Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2592: 1–133. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2397.1.1.
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