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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Empidoidea » Longlegged Flies (Dolichopodidae) » Rhaphiinae » Rhaphium

Genus Rhaphium

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Longlegged Fly - Rhaphium - male 8015264 dolichopod - Rhaphium 9032411 llf - Rhaphium Rhaphium? mating - Rhaphium - male - female Fly - Rhaphium melampus - male Fly - Rhaphium Fly - Rhaphium Doli? - Rhaphium lugubre - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Empidoidea
Family Dolichopodidae (Longlegged Flies)
Subfamily Rhaphiinae
Genus Rhaphium
Explanation of Names
Rhaphium Meigen 1803
"The name of the genus (from ῥάφιον, small needle) has reference to the shape of the antenna" ―Hermann Loew
Numbers
85 spp. north of Mexico(1), 41 in e. US(2)
Identification
Apical arista on elongated flagellomere
Range
"Rhaphium is known from all realms except Australasia and Oceania and reaches its highest species number in the temperate and arctic areas of the Holarctic."(1)
Habitat
"Many species emerge early in the season and are found in moist habitats such as humid woodlands, river banks, and pond margins."(1)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of America north of Mexico
Marc A. A. Pollet et al. 2003. American Museum of Natural History.
2.A Synopsis of the Dolichopodidae of the Southeastern United States and Adjacent Regions
Harold Robinson. 1964. Entomological Society of America.
Contributed by tom murray on 6 June, 2005 - 11:51am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 5 September, 2023 - 5:13pm

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