title: Arthroceras
text: # Arthroceras
  
  Arthroceras is a genus of snipe fly of the family Rhagionidae. Arthroceras are mid-sized to large 4.5 to 13 millimetres (0.18 to 0.51 in), black, grey, or yellowish-colored flies that have a fairly long, tapering antenna consisting of 5–8 flagellomeres. Within Rhagonidae, the genus is sometimes(?) placed in the subfamily Arthrocerinae, in which it is the only genus.
  
  ## Species
  
  * A. fulvicorne Nagatomi, 1966 – Neotropic
     * A. fulvicorne nigricapite Nagatomi, 1966
     * A. fulvicorne subsolanum Nagatomi, 1966
  * A. subaquilum Nagatomi, 1966 – Neotropic
  * A. gadi (Paramonov, 1929) – Palearctic
  * A. japonicum Nagatomi, 1954 – Palearctic
  * A. leptis (Osten Sacken, 1878) – Neotropic
  * A. pollinosum Williston, 1886 – Neotropic
  * A. rubrifrons Nagatomi, 1966 – Palearctic
  * A. sinense (Ouchi, 1943) – Palearctic
  