Atelestus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Asilomorpha
Superfamilia: Empidoidea

Familia: Atelestidae
Subfamilia: Atelestinae
Genus: Atelestus
Species: A. dissonans – A. ibericus – A. pulicarius – A. turcicus

[source: Catalogue of Life: 2010 Annual Checklist]
Name

Atelestus Walker, 1837

Type species: Atelestus sylvicola Walker, 1837 [=Platycnema pulicaria Fall.] monotypy

Gender: masculine
References
Primary references

Walker, F. 1837: Notes on Diptera. Entomological magazine, 4(3): 226–230. Internet Archive BHL

Additional references

Kanavalová, L., Kubík, S. & Barták, M. 2020. Two new West Palaearctic species of Atelestus Walker (Diptera, Atelestidae) and new distributional records of the family. ZooKeys 955: 147–158. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.955.53698. Open access. Reference page.

Atelestus is a genus of flies belonging to the family Atelestidae.[1]

The species of this genus are found in Europe.[1]

Species:[1]

Atelestus dissonans Collin, 1961
Atelestus pulicarius (Fallen, 1816)

References

"Atelestus Walker, 1837". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 March 2021.