Species Chrysopilus ornatus - Ornate Snipe Fly

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Season · Print References · Works Cited

Unknown mated flies - Chrysopilus ornatus - male - female

BG1434 C8230 - Chrysopilus ornatus - male

Snipe Fly - Chrysopilus ornatus - female

Mating Ornate Snipe Flies - Chrysopilus ornatus - male - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora))

Infraorder Tabanomorpha

Family Rhagionidae (Snipe Flies)

Genus Chrysopilus

Species ornatus (Ornate Snipe Fly)

Explanation of Names

Chryso is Greek for gold; pilus is Latin for hair. Ornatus is Latin for adorned.

Numbers

One of 32 Nearctic species in the genus.

Season

Spring. May-July (North Carolina).

Print References

Brimley, p. 330 (1)

Marshall, p. 445--color photo (2)

Eaton and Kaufman, p. 286-287, color photo (3)

Works Cited

1.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

2.	Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America By Stephen A. Marshall

3.	Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America By Eric Eaton, Kenn Kaufman

Contributed by tom murray on 26 June, 2005 - 8:47pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Stephen Cresswell
Last updated 24 May, 2007 - 7:55pm

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