Arthroteles
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| Genus: | Arthroteles Bezzi, 1926
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| Arthroteles bombyliiformis Bezzi, 1926
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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.
Species
- A. bombyliiformis Bezzi, 1926
- A. cinerea Stuckenberg, 1956
- A. longipalpis Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1990
- A. orophila Stuckenberg, 1956