Schizella

Schizella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Infraorder: Tabanomorpha
Superfamily: Rhagionoidea
Family: Rhagionidae
Subfamily: Rhagioninae
Genus: Schizella
Bezzi, 1917
Type species
S. furcicornis
Bezzi, 1917
Species

See text

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.

This genus is only known from the Philippines.

Species

  • S. furcicornis Bezzi, 1917
  • S. pulchrina Frey, 1954

References

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