| Atherix | |
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| Atherix ibis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Athericidae |
| Subfamily: | Athericinae |
| Genus: | Atherix Meigen, 1803[1] |
| Synonyms | |
Atherix is a genus of 'ibis flies' belonging to the family Athericidae, a small family very similar to the Rhagionidae (snipe flies). Species within this genus are present in most of Europe and also in the Nearctic realm.
- ^ Meigen, J. W. (1803). "Versuch einer neuen Gattungs-Eintheilung der europaischen zweiflugligen Insekten". Mag. Insektenkd. 2: 259–281.
- ^ Rondani, Camillo (1856). Dipterologiae Italicae Prodromus. Vol: I. Genera italica ordinis Dipterorum ordinatim disposita et distincta et in familias et stirpes aggregata. Parmae [= Parma].: A. Stocchi. pp. 226 + [2]. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
- ^ O'Hara, J.E.; Cerretti, P.; Pape, T.; Evenhuis, N.L. (2011). "Nomenclatural studies toward a world list of Diptera genus-group names. Part II: Camillo Rondani". Zootaxa. 3141: 1–268.
- ^ Szilády, Z. (1934). "Die palaearktischen Rhagioniden" (PDF). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 28 (2): 229–270. Retrieved 30 November 2022.