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Arthroteles
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Arthroteles

Arthroteles is a genus of snipe fly of the family Rhagionidae. Species of Arthroteles are moderately sized, from 5 to 7.5 mm. They are gray to dark gray in colour. Their antenna bears seven to eight tapering flagellomeres, the first much larger than all others.

They are only known from South Africa.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Arthroteles bombyliiformis

speciesArthroteles bombyliiformis

Arthroteles longipalpis

speciesArthroteles longipalpis

Arthroteles orophila

speciesArthroteles orophila

Arthroteles cinerea

speciesArthroteles cinerea

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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 644039.