''Atherix'' is a genus of 'ibis flies' belonging to the family

Athericidae Athericidae is a small family of flies known as water snipe flies or ibis flies. They used to be placed in the family Rhagionidae, but were removed by Stuckenberg in 1973. They are now known to be more closely related to Tabanidae. Species of At ...

, a small family very similar to the

Rhagionidae Rhagionidae or snipe flies are a small family of flies. They get their name from the similarity of their often prominent proboscis that looks like the beak of a snipe. Description Rhagionidae are medium-sized to large flies with slender bodies a ...

(snipe flies). Species within this genus are present in most of

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and also in the Nearctic realm.

Species

*'' Atherix alagezica'' Paramonov, 1926 *'' Atherix amicorum'' (Thomas, 1985) *'' Atherix apfelbecki''

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, 1902 *'' Atherix aurichalcea''

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, 1921 *'' Atherix basilica'' Nagatomi, 1958 *'' Atherix chrysopiliformis'' Lindner, 1924 *'' Atherix dalmatica'' ( Szilády, 1934) *'' Atherix dispar'' Bezzi, 1909 *'' Atherix erythraspis'' Bezzi, 1909 *'' Atherix flavipes'' ( Fabricius, 1781) *'' Atherix ibis'' ( Fabricius, 1798) *'' Atherix ignota'' Szilády, 1934 *'' Atherix lantha'' Webb, 1977 *'' Atherix lugubris'' Macquart, 1834 *''

Atherix marginata ''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). Distribution This species is present in most of Europe (Alban ...

'' ( Fabricius, 1781) *'' Atherix maroccana'' Séguy, 1930 *'' Atherix neotropica'' Lindner, 1924 *'' Atherix nicolae'' Thomas, 1993 *'' Atherix pachypus''

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, 1887 *'' Atherix picta'' Loew, 1869 *'' Atherix vaillanti'' (Thomas, 1982) *'' Atherix variegata''

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, 1848 *'' Atherix vicina'' Szilády, 1943

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q14717786 Athericidae Brachycera genera Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen Diptera of South America Diptera of North America Diptera of Australasia Diptera of Asia Diptera of Europe