Arthrocerinae
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''Arthroceras'' is a genus of
snipe fly Rhagionidae or snipe flies are a small family of flies. They get their name from the similarity of their often prominent proboscis that looks like the beak of a snipe. Description Rhagionidae are medium-sized to large flies with slender bodies a ...
of the family
Rhagionidae Rhagionidae or snipe flies are a small family of flies. They get their name from the similarity of their often prominent proboscis that looks like the beak of a snipe. Description Rhagionidae are medium-sized to large flies with slender bodies ...
. ''Arthroceras'' are mid-sized to large , black, grey, or yellowish-colored flies that have a fairly long, tapering antenna consisting of 5–8
flagellomere An antenna (plural: antennae) is one of a pair of appendages used for sensing in arthropods. Antennae are sometimes referred to as ''feelers''. Antennae are connected to the first one or two segments of the arthropod head. They vary widely in ...
s. Within Rhagonidae, the genus is sometimes(?) placed in the subfamily Arthrocerinae, in which it is the only genus.


Species

*'' A. fulvicorne'' Nagatomi, 1966
Neotropic The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone. Definition In biogeogra ...
**''A. fulvicorne nigricapite'' Nagatomi, 1966 **''A. fulvicorne subsolanum'' Nagatomi, 1966 *'' A. subaquilum'' Nagatomi, 1966 – Neotropic *'' A. gadi'' ( Paramonov, 1929)
Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. Th ...
*'' A. japonicum'' Nagatomi, 1954 – Palearctic *'' A. leptis'' ( Osten Sacken, 1878) – Neotropic *'' A. pollinosum'' Williston, 1886 – Neotropic *'' A. rubrifrons'' Nagatomi, 1966 – Palearctic *'' A. sinense'' (Ouchi, 1943) – Palearctic


References

{{taxonbar, from1=Q4797645 Rhagionidae Brachycera genera Diptera of Asia Diptera of North America Taxa named by Samuel Wendell Williston