Ptiolina is a genus of snipe flies of the family Rhagionidae,.[5] Examples are found in Northwest Europe, where it prefers woodlands areas.[6] and North America [7][8][9]

Ptiolina
Ptiolina sp. on moss
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Rhagionidae
Subfamily: Spaniinae
Genus: Ptiolina
Stæger in Zetterstedt, 1842[1]
Type species
Leptis obscura
Synonyms
Oviposition of Ptiolina sp. on moss

Ptiolina species are delicate to fairly robust flies, and from 3 to 10 mm. They are entirely black or brown in colour.

Species edit

References edit

  1. ^ Zetterstedt, J.W. (1842). Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descripta. Tomus primus. Lundae [= Lund.].: Officina Lundbergiana. pp. iii-xvi + 1–440. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b Fallén, C.F. (1814). "Anthracides Sveciae". Berlingianis, Lundae [= Lund].: 1–8 9–16.
  3. ^ a b Jaennicke, J.F. (1867). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der europäische n Leptiden". Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift. 11: 95–100. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b Walker, F. (1849). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. 485–687.
  5. ^ "Species of the Genus Ptiolina" at the British Towns and Villages Network.
  6. ^ Mark van Veen, Fuanist. "Ptiolina of Northwest Europe"
  7. ^ Ross H. Arnett, American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Edition: 2, illustrated, Published by CRC Press, 2000, ISBN 0-8493-0212-9, ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1. See page 872
  8. ^ a b Stubbs, Alan E.; Drake, Martin (2001). British Soldierflies and their allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pages. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
  9. ^ Kerr, Peter H. (2010). "Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera)". Zootaxa. 2592 (1): 1–133.
  10. ^ a b c Makarkin, V.N.; Sidorenko, V.S. (2001). "New species of the family Rhagionidae (Diptera) from the Russian Far East" (PDF). Far Eastern Entomologist. 102: 11 pp. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  11. ^ a b c Curran, C.H. (1931). "Some new North American Diptera". The Canadian Entomologist. 63: 249–254.
  12. ^ a b c d e Nagatomi, A. (1986). "The Japanese Ptiolina (Diptera, Rhagionidae)". Kontyû. 54: 309–323.
  13. ^ Lindner, E. (1942). "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der europäische n Ptiolina-Arten (Diptera, Rhagionidae)". Arbeiten Uber Morphologische u. Taxonomische Entomologie. 9: 230–241.
  14. ^ Frey, R. (1918). "Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Dipterenfauna des nordl. europäische n Russlands. II. Dipteren aus Archangelsk". Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. 46 (2): 1–32. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  15. ^ a b c d Hardy, D.E.; McGuire, J.U. (1947). "The Nearctic Ptiolina (Rhagionidae-Diptera)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 20: 1–15, 1 pl.
  16. ^ Wahlberg, P.F. (1854). "Bidrag till kannedomen om de nordiska Diptera". Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskapsakademiens Förhandlingar. 11: 211–216. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
  17. ^ Becker, T. (1900). "Die Leptiden-Formen im Gebiete der Europaisch-Asiatischen und Mittelmeer-Fauna". Entomologische Nachrichten. 26: 97–116. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  18. ^ Nagatomi, A. (1985). "A new Ptiolina from Nepal (Diptera, Rhagionidae)". Mem. Kagoshima Univ. Res. Center S. Pacific. 6: 211–219.