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Species Chrysopilus thoracicus - Golden-backed Snipe Fly

 
 
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The North American Chrysopilus (Rhagionidae-Diptera)
By Hardy, D.E.
American Midland Naturalist 44(1): 143-167, 1949
First page here.

Key to the genus in North America, with descriptions and notes of new and little known species.

Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera)
By Kerr P.H.
Zootaxa 2592: 1–133, 2010

Revision of the genera of the Rhagionidae of the world (Diptera: Brachycera)
By Kerr P.H.
U. Maryland, 2004
Dissertation (Full text); i'll add any major papers published since based on this study.

Pollinating flies (Diptera): A major contribution to plant diversity and agricultural production
By Ssymank A., Kearns C.A., Pape T., Thompson F.C.
Biodiversity 9: 86‒89, 2011

New Diptera from North and Central America
By Curran C.H.
Am. Mus. novitates 415: 1-16, 1930

DIPTERA: an Introduction to Flies
By Nikita Vikhrev
Phyton publisher, Moscow, 2020
Available on NHBS (UK): https://www.nhbs.com/diptera-an-introduction-to-flies-book
Diptera: An Introduction to Flies is easy to read and gives a general introduction to this order of amazing insects.
The book was first published in Russian in 2019. the current English version was substantially extended and revised by the author and editors.
160 pages, 250 colour photos, hardback

Monographs of the Diptera of North America
By Hermann Loew
Smithsonian Institution, Volume 6, 1862
View Monograph here

Catalogue of American Nycteribiidae (Diptera, Hippoboscoidea)
By Gustavo Graciolli, Analía G. Autino & Guillermo L. Claps
Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 51(2): 142-159, 2007

 
 
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