Atherix marginata

Atherix marginata
Atherix marginata. Male
Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Athericidae
Subfamily: Athericinae
Genus: Atherix
Species:
A. marginata
Binomial name
Atherix marginata
(Fabricius, 1781)[1]
Synonyms

Atherix marginata, the black-legged water-snipefly, is a species of ibis flies belonging to the family Athericidae, a small family very similar to the Rhagionidae (snipe flies).[2][3]

  1. ^ a b Fabricius, J.C. (1781). Species insectorum. Vol. 2. Hamburgi et Kilonii [= Hamburg and Kiel]: C. E. Bohnii. p. 494.
  2. ^ L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz Insects of Britain and Ireland: the families of Diptera
  3. ^ Stubbs, Alan E.; Drake, Martin (2001). British Soldierflies and their allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera (Print). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pages. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.