Atherix Explained

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.

Species

• Atherix alagezica Paramonov, 1926^[1]
• Atherix amicorum (Thomas, 1985)^[2]
• Atherix apfelbecki Strobl, 1902^[3]
• Atherix aurichalcea Becker, 1921^[4]
• Atherix basilica Nagatomi, 1958^[5]
• Atherix chrysopiliformis Lindner, 1924^[6]
• Atherix dalmatica (Szilády, 1934)
• Atherix dispar Bezzi, 1909^[7]
• Atherix erythraspis Bezzi, 1909^[7]
• Atherix flavipes (Fabricius, 1781)^[8]
• Atherix ibis (Fabricius, 1798)^[9]
• Atherix ignota Szilády, 1934
• Atherix lantha Webb, 1977^[10]
• Atherix lugubris Macquart, 1834^[11]
• Atherix marginata (Fabricius, 1781)^[8]
• Atherix maroccana Séguy, 1930^[12]
• Atherix neotropica Lindner, 1924^[6]
• Atherix nicolae Thomas, 1993
• Atherix pachypus Bigot, 1887^[13]
• Atherix picta Loew, 1869^[14]
• Atherix vaillanti (Thomas, 1982)
• Atherix variegata Walker, 1848^[15]
• Atherix vicina Szilády, 1943^[16]

Notes and References

1. Paramonov . S.J. . Fragmente zur Kenntnis der Dipteren-Fauna Armeniens . Societas Entomologica . 1926 . 41 . 33–39.
2. Thomas . A.G.B. . Athericidae d'Afrique du Nord. 2. Ibisia amicorum n. sp. (Diptera, Brachycera) . Ann. Limnol . 1985 . 21 . 89–91. 10.1051/limn/1985009 .
3. Strobl . P.G. . Novi prilozi fauni diptera Balkans'kog poluostrva[New contributions to the dipterous fauna of the Balkan peninsula] . Glas. Zemalj. Mus. Bosni Hercegov. . 1902 . 14 . 461–517.
4. Becker . T. . Neue Dipteren meiner Sammlung. Rhagionidae . Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie . 1921 . 11 . 41–48 . 30 November 2022.
5. Nagatomi . A. . Studies in the aquatic snipe flies of Japan. Part I. Descriptions of the adult (Diptera, Rhagionidae) . Mushi . 1958 . 32 . 47–67.
6. Lindner . E. . Dipterologische Studien. II. Rhagionidae neotropicae . Konowia . 1924 . 3 . 65–75 . 26 August 2022.
7. Bezzi . M. . Diptera syriaca et aegyptia a d.P. Beraud S. J. collecta . Broteria . 1909 . 8 . 2 . 37–65 . 4 December 2022.
8. Book: Fabricius . J.C. . Species insectorum . 2 . 1781 . C. E. Bohnii . Hamburgi et Kilonii [= Hamburg and Kiel] . 494.
9. Book: Fabricius . J.C. . Supplementum entomologiae systematicae . 1798 . C. G. Proft et Storch . Hafniae [= Copenhagen] . [4] + 572 pp.
10. Webb . D.W. . The Nearctic Athericidae (Insecta: Diptera) . Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society . 1977 . 50 . 473–495.
11. Book: Macquart. P. J. M.. Histoire Naturelle des insectes. Dipteres. Tome premiere . Roret. Paris. 578 + 8 pp., 12 pls . 1834.
12. Séguy . E. . Contribution à l'étude des diptères du Maroc . Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc . 1930 . 24 . 206.
13. Bigot . J.M.F. . Diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. Leptidi J. B. (Meigen, System. Beschr., II, 1820) . Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France . 1887 . 12 . 97–118 . 29 August 2022.
14. Book: Loew . Hermann . Beschreibung europaischer Dipteren. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insecten, von Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Vol. 1: Achter Theil oder zweiter Supplementband . 1869 . H. W. Schmidt . Halle . xvi + 310 + [2].
15. Book: Walker . F. . List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. part 1 . 1848 . 1–229 . British Museum . London .
16. Szilády . Z. . Zwei neue Arten aus der Dipterensammlung von Ignac Nagy . Folia Ent. Hung. . 1943 . 8 . 15–17 . 4 December 2022.