Ptiolina

Genus of flies

Ptiolina

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

Fallén, 1814[2]

Synonyms

* Eurytion Jaennicke, 1867[3]
* Tyolina Walker, 1848[4]

Oviposition of Ptiolina sp. on moss

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

## Species

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* Ptiolina alapponica Makarkin & Sidorenko, 2001[10]
* Ptiolina alberta Leonard, 1931[11]
* Ptiolina angusta Curran, 1931[11]
* Ptiolina attenuata Nagatomi, 1986[12]
* Ptiolina dudai Lindner, 1942[13]
* Ptiolina edeta (Walker, 1849)[4]
* Ptiolina grandis Frey, 1918[14]
* Ptiolina latifrons Nagatomi, 1986[12]
* Ptiolina leleji Makarkin & Sidorenko, 2001[10]
* Ptiolina longipilosa Nagatomi, 1986[12]
* Ptiolina mallochi Hardy & McGuire, 1947[15]
* Ptiolina nagatomii Makarkin & Sidorenko, 2001[10]
* Ptiolina nervosa Nagatomi, 1986[12]
* Ptiolina nitida Wahlberg, 1854[16]
* Ptiolina nitidifrons Hardy & McGuire, 1947[15]
* Ptiolina obscura (Fallén, 1814)[2] Black-fringe moss-snipefly[8]
* Ptiolina obsoleta Leonard, 1931[11]
* Ptiolina paradoxa (Jaennicke, 1867)[3]
* Ptiolina pelliticornis Becker, 1900[17]
* Ptiolina shimai Nagatomi, 1985[18]
* Ptiolina sphaeralis Nagatomi, 1986[12]
* Ptiolina vicina Hardy & McGuire, 1947[15]
* Ptiolina zonata Hardy & McGuire, 1947[15]

## References

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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.

Taxon identifiers

Ptiolina|

* Wikidata: Q7257080
* BOLD: 393886
* CoL: 754M
* EoL: 56151
* Fauna Europaea: 141984
* Fauna Europaea (new): 6cc26b01-426b-4711-b61e-bdedfdefd7d1
* GBIF: 1581603
* iNaturalist: 557996
* IRMNG: 1282754
* ITIS: 130812
* NBN: NBNSYS0000137152
* NCBI: 124325
* Open Tree of Life: 588070