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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Snipe Flies (Rhagionidae) » Rhagio » Lesser Variegated Snipe Fly (Rhagio punctipennis)
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Rhagio punctipennis - male
Copyright © 2005 Cotinis

Rhagio punctipennis - Male
Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
April 21, 2005
Size: circa 8 mm
Groups of these flies, presumably males, were staked out on sunlit foliage, jockeying for position and flying up occasionally.

Identified by Paul Beuk as a (probable) Snipe Fly. Many thanks.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 6 May, 2005 - 2:38pm
Last updated 16 December, 2022 - 9:11am

Moved
Moved from Rhagio.
… Even Dankowicz, 12 December, 2022 - 2:42pm login or register to post comments

Rhagionidae: Rhagio sp.
Rhagionidae: Rhagio sp.
… Norm Woodley, 24 May, 2006 - 12:48pm login or register to post comments

Hmm
I tend to go for snipe flies but I am not really happy about it. There are several genera of Nearctic snipe and ibis flies that I do not know and I do not have an immediate association with this one. In the other image you linked to, the proboscis of the female was clear enough, but this being a male does not have that advantage. On general built, wing venation and wing pattern, I would choose for snipe flies.

Paul

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… Paul Beuk, 11 May, 2005 - 2:54am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Well, I think I'll put it under Snipe Flies, then. Gosh, I've seen an illustration of this one before, I thought. I'll have to check.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 11 May, 2005 - 9:17am login or register to post comments

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