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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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Infraorder: Tabanomorpha
Superfamily: Rhagionoidea
Family: Austroleptidae
Nagatomi, 1982[2]
Genus: Austroleptis
Hardy, 1920[1]
Type species
Austroleptis rhyphoides
Hardy, 1920[1]
Species

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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]

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Nagatomi, Akira (1982). "The genera of Rhagionidae (Diptera)". Journal of Natural History. 16 (1): 31–70. doi:10.1080/00222938200770041.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b Malloch, J.R. (1932). "Rhagionidae, Therevidae". Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. 5 (3): 199–257.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Paramonov, S.J. (1962). "A review of Australian Leptidae (Diptera)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 10: 113–169. doi:10.1071/ZO9620113.
  9. ^ 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.