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Schizella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Suborder
  
Brachycera

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Diptera

Infraorder
  
Tabanomorpha

Similar
  
Ptiolina, Symphoromyia, Chrysopilus, Rhagio, Tabanomorpha

Schizella is a genus of snipe fly of the family Rhagionidae. They are delicate flies from 3.7 to 6.3 mm, with long, thin legs, and the thorax is brown to orange-brown with blue, purple, or golden-coloured setae.

This genus is only known from the Philippines.

Species

  • S. furcicornis Bezzi, 1917
  • S. pulchrina Frey, 1954
  • References

    Schizella Wikipedia