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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora) » Tabanomorpha » Snipe Flies (Rhagionidae) » Rhagio
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fly - Rhagio
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

fly - Rhagio
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
June 13, 2005
Size: 5mm
Kind of looks like a small version of a snipe fly, without the long abdomen.
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Contributed by tom murray on 16 June, 2005 - 8:01pm
Last updated 24 May, 2006 - 8:45pm

Not Atherix
Rhagionidae: Rhagio sp. This is not Atherix
… Norm Woodley, 24 May, 2006 - 12:59pm login or register to post comments

Ibis fly
This looks somewhat like (1), and could be in the same family - Athericidae.
… Joel Kits, 6 August, 2005 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Moved
The comments under the other picture said that Ibis flies used to be snipe flies, and it looks like the other photo, and fits the description. Thanks Joel.
… tom murray, 7 August, 2005 - 6:19am login or register to post comments

 
moved to genus level
see comments under other image
… Robin McLeod, 8 August, 2005 - 1:00am login or register to post comments

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