Species Rhagio scolopaceus - Downlooker Snipefly

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited

Fly from a lobby - Rhagio scolopaceus - female

Downlooker Snipefly - Rhagio scolopaceus - 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 scolopaceus (Downlooker Snipefly)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Rhagio scolopaceus (Linnaeus)

Range

introduced into Boston area of Massachusetts; Europe.

Remarks

This is an Old World species first reported from the Boston area by F.C. Thompson in 1969, with the earliest specimen from 1949. Only four specimens were known to him, the 1949 specimen, one from 1963, and two from 1968. All were from Boston (Hyde Park and opposite Regis College on Wellesley Street). (1)

Internet References

~ BOLDSYSTEMS website page for Rhagio scolopaceus - Specimens identified by DNA testing

Works Cited

1.	First record of Rhagio scolopaceus (Linne) in North America F.C. Thompson. 1969. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 71: 141-143.

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 2 June, 2015 - 11:23pm
Additional contributions by Nick Block, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 30 May, 2019 - 6:52pm

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