Arthroteles Explained

Arthroteles is a genus of snipe fly of the family Rhagionidae. Species of Arthroteles are moderately sized, from 5 to 7.5 mm. They are gray to dark gray in colour. Their antenna bears seven to eight tapering flagellomeres, the first much larger than all others.^[1]

They are only known from South Africa.

Species

• Arthroteles bombyliiformis Bezzi, 1926
• Arthroteles cinerea Stuckenberg, 1956^[2]
• Arthroteles longipalpis Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1990^[3]
• Arthroteles orophila Stuckenberg, 1956^[2]

Notes and References

1. Kerr . Peter H. . Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera) . Zootaxa . 2010 . 2592 . 1 . 1-133.
2. Stuckenberg . B.R. . Notes on the genus Arthroteles Bezzi, with descriptions of two new species (Diptera: Errinidae) . Annals of the Natal Museum . 1956 . 13 . 313-335.
3. Nagatomi . A. . Nagatomi . H. . A new Arthroteles from South Africa (Diptera, Rhagionidae) . South Pacific Study . 1990 . 10 . 309-316.