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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Snipe Flies (Rhagionidae) » Rhagio » Common Snipe Fly (Rhagio mystaceus)
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dark-winged fly - Rhagio mystaceus
Copyright © 2005 Robin McLeod

dark-winged fly - Rhagio mystaceus
New Jersey, Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada
June 26, 2005
Size: 6-8 mm
On sidewalk surrounded by coniferous forest. Only got one shot; don't know what that red thing is.
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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 6 August, 2005 - 9:56pm
Last updated 13 December, 2022 - 11:33am

Moved
Moved from Rhagio.
… Even Dankowicz, 13 December, 2022 - 11:33am login or register to post comments

Rhagionidae: Rhagio sp. This
Rhagionidae: Rhagio sp. This is not Atherix
… Norm Woodley, 24 May, 2006 - 12:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Rhagio species
Thanks for the correction, Norm; image moved from Atherix page to Rhagio page.
… Robin McLeod, 24 May, 2006 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

Ibis Fly?
This looks a lot like (1) this photo, identfified by Paul Beuk as Athericidae. I would feel pretty confident placing this in the same family.
… Joel Kits, 6 August, 2005 - 10:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Athericidae
Thanks for spotting that, Joel; it looks like a match.
I see there's a species in Europe named Atherix ibis with old-fashined illustrations on this page. My guess is that "Ibis Fly" refers to this species and not to the family in general.
Atherix ibis is not on the nearctica list of Athericidae, and I found two sources that refer to this family as "watersnipe flies" (1, 2). These were apparently split from the Snipe Flies (Rhagionidae), so "watersnipe" sounds sensible in that it partially reflects the origin.
… Robin McLeod, 7 August, 2005 - 12:43am login or register to post comments

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