Austroleptis Explained

Austroleptis is a genus of snipe flies, and the sole genus in the family Austroleptidae; until 2010, it was placed in the family Rhagionidae.^[1] They are small to moderately sized flies of around 3 to 7.7 mm.

The family Austroleptidae was originally created by Nagatomi (1982) as "Austroleptinae", a subfamily of Rhagionidae. It was later proposed that it be raised to family rank by Stuckenburg (2001).^[2]

Species

• Austroleptis atrata Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1987^[3] – Neotropic
• Austroleptis atriceps Malloch, 1932^[4] – Neotropic
• Austroleptis breviflagella Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1987^[3] – Neotropic
• Austroleptis camposgerais Fachin, Santos & Amorim, 2020^[5] – Neotropic
• Austroleptis collessi Paramonov, 1962^[6] – Australasia
• Austroleptis fulviceps Malloch, 1932^[4] – Neotropic
• Austroleptis longirostris Fachin, Santos & Amorim, 2018^[7] – Neotropic
• Austroleptis multimaculata Hardy, 1920 – Australasia
• Austroleptis papaveroi Fachin, Santos & Amorim, 2018^[7] – Neotropic
• Austroleptis penai Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1987^[3] – Neotropic
• Austroleptis rhyphoides Hardy, 1920 – Australasia

Notes and References

1. Kerr. P.H.. 2010 . Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera). Zootaxa. 2592. 1–133. 10.11646/zootaxa.2592.1.1 .
2. Brian R.. Stuckenburg. 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.
3. Nagatomi . A. . Nagatomi . H. . The genus Austroleptis from south Chile and Patagonia (Diptera, Rhagionidae) . Mem. Kagoshima Univ. Res. Cent. South Pacific . 1987 . 8 . 2 . 139–156.
4. Malloch . J.R. . Rhagionidae, Therevidae . Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile . 1932 . 5 . 3 . 199–257.
5. Fachin . D.A. . Santos . C.M.D. . Amorim . D.S. . Endemism within endemism: a new species of Austroleptis Hardy, 1920 (Diptera: Austroleptidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic forest highlands . Zootaxa . 2020 . 4803 . 3 . 483–494 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4803.3.4 . 33056006 .
6. Paramonov . S.J. . A review of Australian Leptidae (Diptera) . Australian Journal of Zoology . 1962 . 10 . 113–169. 10.1071/ZO9620113 .
7. Fachin . D.A. . Santos . C.M.D. . Amorim . D.S. . First two species of Austroleptis Hardy (Diptera: Brachycera: Austroleptidae) from Brazil . Zootaxa . 2018 . 4369 . 4 . 557–574 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4369.4.6 . 29689872 . 6 December 2022.