Template:Athericidae
From WikiEducator
Athericidae
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Athericidae
- Common name
- water snipe flies
Members of the family Athericidae have wrinkled bodies with prolegs on the ventral side. Their mandibles- which can be seen by carefully cutting the head open- move parallel to each other. On the end of their abdomen there are two lobes fringed with setae. Our collections include just the single genus Atherix.
Image of the two lobes of the abdomen.
