Austroleptis is a genus of snipe flies, and the sole genus in the family Austroleptidae; until 2010, it was placed in the family Rhagionidae.[3] They are small to moderately sized flies of around 3 to 7.7 mm.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Infraorder: | Tabanomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rhagionoidea |
| Family: | Austroleptidae Nagatomi, 1982[2] |
| Genus: | Austroleptis Hardy, 1920[1] |
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| Austroleptis rhyphoides | |
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The family Austroleptidae was originally created by Nagatomi (1982) as "Austroleptinae", a subfamily of Rhagionidae.[2] It was later proposed that it be raised to family rank by Stuckenburg (2001).[4]
Species
edit- Austroleptis atrata Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1987[5] – Neotropic
- Austroleptis atriceps Malloch, 1932[6] – Neotropic
- Austroleptis breviflagella Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1987[5] – Neotropic
- Austroleptis camposgerais Fachin, Santos & Amorim, 2020[7] – Neotropic
- Austroleptis collessi Paramonov, 1962[8] – Australasia
- Austroleptis fulviceps Malloch, 1932[6] – Neotropic
- Austroleptis longirostris Fachin, Santos & Amorim, 2018[9] – Neotropic
- Austroleptis multimaculata Hardy, 1920[1] – Australasia
- Austroleptis papaveroi Fachin, Santos & Amorim, 2018[9] – Neotropic
- Austroleptis penai Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1987[5] – Neotropic
- Austroleptis rhyphoides Hardy, 1920[1] – Australasia
References
edit- ^ a b c d Hardy, G.H. (1920). "Australian Rhyphidae and Leptidae (Diptera)". Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1919: 117–129. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.21285. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ a b Nagatomi, Akira (1982). "The genera of Rhagionidae (Diptera)". Journal of Natural History. 16 (1): 31–70. doi:10.1080/00222938200770041.
- ^ Kerr, P.H. (2010). "Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2592: 1–133. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2592.1.1.
- ^ Stuckenburg, Brian R. (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.
- ^ a b c Nagatomi, A.; Nagatomi, H. (1987). "The genus Austroleptis from south Chile and Patagonia (Diptera, Rhagionidae)". Mem. Kagoshima Univ. Res. Cent. South Pacific. 8 (2): 139–156.
- ^ a b Malloch, J.R. (1932). "Rhagionidae, Therevidae". Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. 5 (3): 199–257.
- ^ Fachin, D.A.; Santos, C.M.D.; Amorim, D.S. (2020). "Endemism within endemism: a new species of Austroleptis Hardy, 1920 (Diptera: Austroleptidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic forest highlands". Zootaxa. 4803 (3): 483–494. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4803.3.4. PMID 33056006.
- ^ Paramonov, S.J. (1962). "A review of Australian Leptidae (Diptera)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 10: 113–169. doi:10.1071/ZO9620113.
- ^ a b Fachin, D.A.; Santos, C.M.D.; Amorim, D.S. (2018). "First two species of Austroleptis Hardy (Diptera: Brachycera: Austroleptidae) from Brazil". Zootaxa. 4369 (4): 557–574. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4369.4.6. PMID 29689872. Retrieved 6 December 2022.