Agathon (fly)

Agathon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Blephariceridae
Genus:	Agathon Rodor, 1890

Agathon is a genus of net-winged midges in the family Blephariceridae. There are about 19 described species in Agathon.

Species

These 19 species belong to the genus Agathon:

• Agathon arizonicus (Alexander, 1958) ^{i c g}
• Agathon aylmeri (Garrett, 1923) ^{i c g}
• Agathon bilobatoides (Kitakami, 1931) ^{c g}
• Agathon bispinus (Kitakami, 1931) ^{c g}
• Agathon comstocki (Kellogg, 1903) ^{i c g b}
• Agathon decorilarva (Brodskij, 1954) ^{c g}
• Agathon dismalea (Hogue, 1970) ^{i c g}
• Agathon doanei (Kellogg, 1900) ^{i c g}
• Agathon elegantulus Roder, 1890 ^{i c g}
• Agathon eoasiaticus (Brodskij, 1954) ^{c g}
• Agathon ezoensis (Kitakami, 1950) ^c
• Agathon iyaensis (Kitakami, 1931) ^{c g}
• Agathon japonicus (Alexander, 1922) ^{c g}
• Agathon kawamurai (Kitakami, 1950) ^{c g}
• Agathon longispinus (Kitakami, 1931) ^{c g}
• Agathon markii (Garrett, 1925) ^{i c g}
• Agathon montanus (Kitakami, 1931) ^{c g}
• Agathon sequoiarum (Alexander, 1952) ^{i c g}
• Agathon setosus Zwick & Arefina, 2005 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.