Antocha

Genus of flies

Antocha
Antocha saxicola, mating pair
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Infraorder:
Tipulomorpha
Superfamily:
Tipuloidea
Family:
Limoniidae
Subfamily:
Limoniinae
Genus:
Antocha

Osten Sacken, 1860
Type species
A. saxicola
Osten Sacken, 1860
Subgenera
  • Antocha Osten Sacken, 1860
  • Orimargula Mik, 1883
  • Proantocha Alexander, 1919
Synonyms
  • Taphrophila Rondani, 1856

Antocha is a genus of crane flies in the family Limoniidae. It was first described by Baron Carl Robert Osten-Sacken in 1860.

Species


References

  • "Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World (Diptera, Tipuloidea: Pediciidae, Limoniidae, Cylindrotomidae, Tipulidae)". Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
Taxon identifiers
Antocha