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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)

Species Rhagio mystaceus - Common Snipe Fly

Classification · Other Common Names · Identification · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Fly - Rhagio mystaceus - male Snipe Fly - Rhagio mystaceus *Snipe* Fly ID Request - Rhagio mystaceus common snipe fly - Rhagio mystaceus - female Fly, nice wing pattern - Rhagio mystaceus - female Probably Common Snipe Fly - Rhagio mystaceus - male Common Snipe Fly - Rhagio mystaceus Rhagio mystaceus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Infraorder Tabanomorpha
Family Rhagionidae (Snipe Flies)
Genus Rhagio
Species mystaceus (Common Snipe Fly)
Other Common Names
Rhagio mystaceus (Macquart, 1840)
Identification
♂
♀
Habitat
Often perched on tree trunks; females are more commonly seed on leaf litter or foliage(1)
Remarks
This species is commonly attacked by the fungus Furia ithacensis:
Print References
(2)
Internet References
~ BOLDSYSTEMS website page for Rhagio mystaceus - Specimens identified by DNA testing
Works Cited
1.Flies The Natural History & Diversity of Diptera
Stephen A. Marshall. 2012. Firefly Books.
2.Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America
Eric Eaton, Kenn Kaufman. 2006. Houghton Mifflin.
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 20 July, 2010 - 6:00pm
Additional contributions by v belov, metrioptera, Marci Hess, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 19 November, 2019 - 1:10pm

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