Athericidae is a primitive brachycerous family composed of several genera
previously treated within the Rhagionidae. Adults of extant forms feed on
nectar with females of some genera feeding on the blood of man and cattle.
Larval stages live in the riffles of streams and on aquatic vegetation and
are known to be predaceous on chironomid larvae and Ephemeroptera nymphs.
*ATHERIX Meigen, 1803: 271. Type species: Rhagio diadema
Fabricius, 1775 [misidentification, = Leptis ibis Fabricius, 1798],
by subsequent designation of Coquillett (1910: 511).
[Atherix was originally based on two species, neither of which is
currently placed in Atherix of contemporary authors. In accordance with
stability of nomenclature and usage, application to the I.C.Z.N. is necessary
to clarify the type species designation. See Verrall (1909: 284p;86)
for details on the history of the nomenclature and use of Atherix.]
sauneri Théobald, 1937a: 145. PA: France (Oligocene) [C].
*ATRICHOPS Verrall, 1909: 291. Type species: Atherix crassipes
Meigen, 1820, by monotypy.
hesperius Cockerell, 1914a: 101. NE: USA (Oligocene) [C].
SUCCINATHERIX Stuckenberg, 1974: 281. Type species: Succinatherix
setifera Stuckenberg, 1974, by original designation.
avita Stuckenberg, 1974: 285. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene)
[A].
setifera Stuckenberg, 1974: 283. PA: Baltic Region (Eocene/Oligocene)
[A].