Alloleptis

Alloleptis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Infraorder: Tabanomorpha
Superfamily: Rhagionoidea
Family: Rhagionidae
Subfamily: Rhagioninae
Genus: Alloleptis
Nagatomi & Saigusa, 1982[1]
Species: A. tersus
Binomial name
Alloleptis tersus
Nagatomi & Saigusa, 1982

Alloleptis is a genus of snipe fly of the family Rhagionidae. It is a small fly of about 4 mm and only known from Celebes. It currently contains only one species, Alloleptis tersus.[2][3]

References

  1. Nagatomi, A. (1982). "The genera of Rhagionidae (Diptera)". Journal of Natural History. 16 (1): 31–70. doi:10.1080/00222938200770041.
  2. Kerr, P. H. (2004). Revision of the Genera of the Rhagionidae of the World (Diptera: Brachycera) (PDF) (Thesis). University of Maryland. hdl:1903/1684.
  3. Kerr, P. H. (2010). "Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2592: 1–133.
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