Austroleptis

Austroleptis is a genus of snipe flies, and the sole genus in the family Austroleptidae; until 2010, it was placed in the family Rhagionidae.[3] They are small to moderately sized flies of around 3 to 7.7 mm.

Austroleptis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Infraorder: Tabanomorpha
Superfamily: Rhagionoidea
Family: Austroleptidae
Nagatomi, 1982[1]
Genus: Austroleptis
Hardy, 1920[2]
Type species
Austroleptis rhyphoides
Hardy, 1920[2]
Species

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The family Austroleptidae was originally created by Nagatomi (1982) as "Austroleptinae", a subfamily of Rhagionidae.[1] It was later proposed that it be raised to family rank by Stuckenburg (2001).[4]

Species
  • Austroleptis atrata Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1987[5] – Neotropic
  • Austroleptis atriceps Malloch, 1932[6] – Neotropic
  • Austroleptis breviflagella Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1987[5] – Neotropic
  • Austroleptis camposgerais Fachin, Santos & Amorim, 2020[7] – Neotropic
  • Austroleptis collessi Paramonov, 1962[8] – Australasia
  • Austroleptis fulviceps Malloch, 1932[6] – Neotropic
  • Austroleptis longirostris Fachin, Santos & Amorim, 2018[9] – Neotropic
  • Austroleptis multimaculata Hardy, 1920[2] – Australasia
  • Austroleptis papaveroi Fachin, Santos & Amorim, 2018[9] – Neotropic
  • Austroleptis penai Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1987[5] – Neotropic
  • Austroleptis rhyphoides Hardy, 1920[2] – Australasia

References
  1. Nagatomi, Akira (1982). "The genera of Rhagionidae (Diptera)". Journal of Natural History. 16 (1): 31–70. doi:10.1080/00222938200770041.
  2. Hardy, G.H. (1920). "Australian Rhyphidae and Leptidae (Diptera)". Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1919: 117–129. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.21285. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  3. Kerr, P.H. (2010). "Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2592: 1–133.
  4. Stuckenburg, Brian R. (2001). "Pruning the tree: a critical review of classifications of the Homeodactyla (Diptera, Brachycera), with new perspectives and an alternative classification". Studia Dipterologica. 8 (1): 3–42.
  5. Nagatomi, A.; Nagatomi, H. (1987). "The genus Austroleptis from south Chile and Patagonia (Diptera, Rhagionidae)". Mem. Kagoshima Univ. Res. Cent. South Pacific. 8 (2): 139–156.
  6. Malloch, J.R. (1932). "Rhagionidae, Therevidae". Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. 5 (3): 199–257.
  7. Fachin, D.A.; Santos, C.M.D.; Amorim, D.S. (2020). "Endemism within endemism: a new species of Austroleptis Hardy, 1920 (Diptera: Austroleptidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic forest highlands". Zootaxa. 4803 (3): 483–494.
  8. Paramonov, S.J. (1962). "A review of Australian Leptidae (Diptera)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 10: 113–169. doi:10.1071/ZO9620113.
  9. Fachin, D.A.; Santos, C.M.D.; Amorim, D.S. (2018). "First two species of Austroleptis Hardy (Diptera: Brachycera: Austroleptidae) from Brazil" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4369 (4): 557–574. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
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