Litoleptis Explained

Litoleptis is a genus of snipe flies of the family Rhagionidae.^[1]

Species

• Litoleptis alaskensis Chillcott, 1963 - Alaska
• Litoleptis araeostylus Greenwalt, 2019^[2] - Montana
• Litoleptis asterellaphile Imada & Kato, 2016^[3] - Japan
• Litoleptis chilensis Hennig, 1972^[4] - Chile
• Litoleptis himukaensis Imada & Kato, 2016^[3] - Japan
• Litoleptis izuensis Imada & Kato, 2016^[3] - Japan
• Litoleptis japonica Imada & Kato, 2016^[3] - Japan
• Litoleptis kiiensis Imada & Kato, 2016^[3] - Japan
• Litoleptis niyodoensis Imada & Kato, 2016^[3] - Japan

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. Greenwalt. Dale E.. Bickel. Daniel J.. Kerr. Peter H.. Curler. Gregory R.. Brown. Brian V.. de Jong. Herman. Fitzgerald. Scott J.. Dikow. Torsten. Tkoč. Michal. Kehlmaier. Christian. Amorim. Dalton De Souza. 2019. Diptera of the middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation. I. Documentation of diversity at the family level. Palaeontologia Electronica. 22. 2.50A. 1–56. 10.26879/891. free.
3. Imada . Y. . Kato . M. . Bryophyte-feeding of Litoleptis (Diptera: Rhagionidae) with descriptions of new species from Japan . Zootaxa . 2016 . 4097 . 1 . 41–58 . 1 December 2022.
4. Hennig . W. . Eine neue Art der Rhagionidengattung Litoleptis aus Chile, mit Bemehungen über Fuhlerbildung und Verwandtschaftsbeziehungen einiger Bachycerenfamilien (Diptera: Brachycera) . Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde . 1972 . 242 . 18 pp.