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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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Fly - Rhagio mystaceus
Copyright © 2005 Bill Johnson

Fly - Rhagio mystaceus
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
June 20, 2003
Is this a type of Snipe fly?
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Contributed by Bill Johnson on 21 February, 2005 - 4:14pm
Last updated 13 December, 2022 - 11:33am

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

Rhagio, not Atherix
Rhagionidae: Rhagio sp. This is not Atherix
… Norm Woodley, 24 May, 2006 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

Ibis fly
Looks like an ibis fly to me, the family Athericidae. This family used to be part of the snipe flies, so if it is an ibis fly you're excused for thinking it to be a snipe fly.

Paul

http://www.diptera.info
… Paul Beuk, 22 February, 2005 - 2:19am login or register to post comments

 
moved to Atherix
see comments under other image
… Robin McLeod, 8 August, 2005 - 1:01am login or register to post comments

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