Schizella Explained

Schizella is a genus of snipe flies of the family Rhagionidae. They are delicate flies from 3.7 to 6.3 mm, with long, thin legs, and the thorax is brown to orange-brown with blue, purple, or golden-coloured setae.^[1]

This genus is only known from the Philippines.

Species

• Schizella furcicornis Bezzi, 1916
• Schizella pulchrina Frey, 1954^[2]
• Schizella woodleyi Kerr, 2004^[3]

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. Frey . R. . Studien über ostasiatische Dipteren. III. Rhachiceridae, Rhagionidae, Hilarimorphidae . Notul. entomol. . 1954 . 34 . 1-25.
3. Kerr . P.H. . A new species of Schizella Bezzi, with notes on Rhagionidae sensu Stuckenberg (Diptera, Brachycera) . Studia Dipterologica . 2004 . 10 . 453-457.