Austroleptis is a genus of snipe flies, and the sole genus in the family Austroleptidae; until 2010, it was placed in the family
Rhagionidae.[3] They are small to moderately sized flies of around 3 to 7.7 mm.
The family Austroleptidae was originally created by Nagatomi (1982) as "Austroleptinae", a subfamily of Rhagionidae.[2] It was later proposed that it be raised to family rank by Stuckenburg (2001).[4]
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abcNagatomi, A.; Nagatomi, H. (1987). "The genus Austroleptis from south Chile and Patagonia (Diptera, Rhagionidae)". Mem. Kagoshima Univ. Res. Cent. South Pacific. 8 (2): 139–156.
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abMalloch, J.R. (1932). "Rhagionidae, Therevidae". Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. 5 (3): 199–257.
^Fachin, D.A.; Santos, C.M.D.; Amorim, D.S. (2020). "Endemism within endemism: a new species of Austroleptis Hardy, 1920 (Diptera: Austroleptidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic forest highlands". Zootaxa. 4803 (3): 483–494.
^Paramonov, S.J. (1962). "A review of Australian Leptidae (Diptera)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 10: 113–169.
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10.1071/ZO9620113.