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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Snipe Flies (Rhagionidae) » Rhagio » Rhagio hirtus
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Fly - Rhagio hirtus
Copyright © 2007 Nick Fensler

Fly - Rhagio hirtus
Franciscan Earth Literacy Center, Tiffin, Seneca County, Ohio, USA
June 13, 2007
Size: 10 mm
I'm no good at flies so I'll leave this one to the experts rather than bother trying to key it out. Hopefully there is enough combination of body and visible wing venation to get some kind of ID.
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Contributed by Nick Fensler on 13 June, 2007 - 3:14pm
Last updated 19 December, 2022 - 5:41pm

Moved
Moved from Rhagio.
… Even Dankowicz, 19 December, 2022 - 5:41pm login or register to post comments

It is a snipe fly, maybe genu
It is a snipe fly, maybe genus Rhagio
… Martin Hauser, 14 June, 2007 - 6:25pm login or register to post comments

Rhagionidae
Looks more like a Snipe Fly to me...
… Stephen Luk, 13 June, 2007 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

 
That...
was my first thought. Wing venation terminology for flies is so different from hymenoptera that it drives me nuts to key them out and I never really bothered to learn it (I still use the old Jurine-Cresson system).
… Nick Fensler, 13 June, 2007 - 9:27pm login or register to post comments

Longlegged Flies (Dolichopodidae)
A start. Hope someone can do better than that!
… Ron Hemberger, 13 June, 2007 - 6:43pm login or register to post comments

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