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Arthroceras
Arthroceras is a genus of snipe fly of the family Rhagionidae. Arthroceras are mid-sized to large 4.5 to 13 millimetres (0.18 to 0.51 in), black, grey, or yellowish-colored flies that have a fairly long, tapering antenna consisting of 5–8 flagellomeres. Within Rhagonidae, the genus is sometimes(?) placed in the subfamily Arthrocerinae, in which it is the only genus.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Arthroceras fulvicorne
speciesArthroceras fulvicorne
Arthroceras pollinosum
speciesArthroceras pollinosum
Arthroceras japonicum
speciesArthroceras japonicum
Arthroceras rubrifrons
speciesArthroceras rubrifrons
Arthroceras sinense
speciesArthroceras sinense
Arthroceras leptis
speciesArthroceras leptis
Arthroceras gadi
speciesArthroceras gadi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1269558.