Austroleptis
Genus of flies
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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.
| Austroleptis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Infraorder: | Tabanomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rhagionoidea |
| Family: | Austroleptidae Nagatomi, 1982[1] |
| Genus: | Austroleptis Hardy, 1920[2] |
| Type species | |
| Austroleptis rhyphoides | |
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The family Austroleptidae was originally created by Nagatomi (1982) as "Austroleptinae", a subfamily of Rhagionidae.[1] It was later proposed that it be raised to family rank by Stuckenburg (2001).[4]
Species
- 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[2] – Australasia
- Austroleptis papaveroi Fachin, Santos & Amorim, 2018[9] – Neotropic
- Austroleptis penai Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1987[5] – Neotropic
- Austroleptis rhyphoides Hardy, 1920[2] – Australasia