Biology:Schizella

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Short description: Genus of flies

Schizella
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Rhagionidae
Subfamily: Chrysopilinae
Genus: Schizella
Bezzi, 1916[1]
Type species
Schizella furcicornis
Bezzi, 1916[1]

Schizella is a genus of snipe flies of the family Rhagionidae. They are delicate flies from 3.7 to 6.3 mm, with long, thin legs, and the thorax is brown to orange-brown with blue, purple, or golden-coloured setae.[2]

This genus is only known from the Philippines .

Species

  • Schizella furcicornis Bezzi, 1916[1]
  • Schizella pulchrina Frey, 1954[3]
  • Schizella woodleyi Kerr, 2004[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bezzi, M. (1916). "Studies in Philippine Diptera. II.". Monogr. Philipp. Bur. Sci. 10: 1-59, 1 pl. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/62499#page/5/mode/1up. Retrieved 30 November 2022. 
  2. Kerr, Peter H. (2010). "Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera)". Zootaxa 2592 (1): 1-133. 
  3. Frey, R. (1954). "Studien über ostasiatische Dipteren. III. Rhachiceridae, Rhagionidae, Hilarimorphidae". Notul. entomol. 34: 1-25. 
  4. Kerr, P.H. (2004). "A new species of Schizella Bezzi, with notes on Rhagionidae sensu Stuckenberg (Diptera, Brachycera)". Studia Dipterologica 10: 453-457. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7431558 entry