| Austroleptis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Infraorder: | Tabanomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rhagionoidea |
| Family: | Austroleptidae Nagatomi, 1982[2] |
| Genus: | Austroleptis Hardy, 1920[1] |
| Type species | |
| Austroleptis rhyphoides | |
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Austroleptis is a genus of snipe flies, and the sole genus in the family Austroleptidae; until 2010, it was placed in the family Rhagionidae.[3] They are small to moderately sized flies of around 3 to 7.7 mm.
The family Austroleptidae was originally created by Nagatomi (1982) as "Austroleptinae", a subfamily of Rhagionidae.[2] It was later proposed that it be raised to family rank by Stuckenburg (2001).[4]
- ^ a b Hardy, G.H. (1920). "Australian Rhyphidae and Leptidae (Diptera)". Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1919: 117–129. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.21285. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
- ^ a b Nagatomi, Akira (1982). "The genera of Rhagionidae (Diptera)". Journal of Natural History. 16 (1): 31–70. doi:10.1080/00222938200770041.
- ^ Kerr, P.H. (2010). "Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2592: 1–133. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2592.1.1.
- ^ Stuckenburg, Brian R. (2001). "Pruning the tree: a critical review of classifications of the Homeodactyla (Diptera, Brachycera), with new perspectives and an alternative classification". Studia Dipterologica. 8 (1): 3–42.