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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Snipe Flies (Rhagionidae) » Rhagio » Marsh Snipe Fly (Rhagio tringarius)
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Dance fly: species 1 of 2, or m+f of same - Rhagio tringarius
Copyright © 2010 Christopher Adam

Dance fly: species 1 of 2, or m+f of same - Rhagio tringarius
Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada
July 17, 2009
Size: 1 cm
I'm calling these my "Halifax flies". On closer examination, I see I either have 2 species or a male and female of the same species. Images were taken in a backyard near downtown Halifax. I'm fairly sure these are "dance flies" i.e., Empididae. Please refer also to my other set of images for the darker of the 2 individuals for comparison.

Species 1: light reddish brown abdomen with dark circles
Species 2: yellow abdomen with bars, rest of body black

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Dance fly: species 1 of 2, or m+f of same - Rhagio tringarius Dance fly: species 1 of 2, or m+f of same - Rhagio tringarius
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Contributed by Christopher Adam on 16 March, 2010 - 1:50pm
Last updated 27 September, 2014 - 8:55am

Moved
Moved from Rhagio.
… John S. Ascher, 27 September, 2014 - 8:55am login or register to post comments

OK, Rhagio.
At least part of my id was correct: it's a FLY!

I notice few of these have been id'd to species -- must be a difficult genus.
… Christopher Adam, 17 March, 2010 - 6:38am login or register to post comments

 
There are about 25species in
There are about 25species in the US and they are not so difficult, but you often need to examine the male genitalia and other obscured structures and there are very few people out there who work with this nice group...
… Martin Hauser, 17 March, 2010 - 11:41am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
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