Genus Rhagio

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited

Snipe Flies Rhagio spec. - Rhagio mystaceus

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

Explanation of Names

Rhagio Fabricius 1775

Numbers

25 spp. in our area(1), ~160 total(2)

Identification

larva: internal head capsule with two sections connected by narrow rods, the hind section with a projecting lobe:

2 metatibial spurs (one in Chrysopilus)

eastern spp. revised in (3)

Range

holarctic, with some representation in the Oriental Region(2)

Print References

Chillcott, J.G. (1965). A revision of the eastern Nearctic species of Rhagio Fabricius (Diptera: Rhagionidae). The Canadian Entomologist 97: 785-795.

James M.T. (1964) The Rhagio dimidiatus Group in Western North America (Diptera, Rhagionidae). Can. Ent. 96: 550-568.

James M.T. (1965) Some notes on Rhagio (Diptera: Rhagionidae) of the Western United States and Canada. Can. Ent. 97: 333-336.

Leonard, M.D. (1930). A revision of the Dipterous family Rhagionidae (Leptidae) in the United States and Canada. Mem. Am. ent. Soc. 7. 181 pp., 3 pl. (Full Text...treatment of Rhagio on pp. 86-128)

Thompson F.C. (1969) First record of Rhagio scolopaceus (Linné) in North America. Proc. ent. Soc. Wash. 71: 141-143. (Full text)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

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

3.	A Revision of the Eastern Nearctic Species of Rhagio Fabricius (Diptera: Rhagionidae) Chillcott, J.G. 1965. Canadian Entomologist 97(8):785-795.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Aaron Schusteff, Vox Sciurorum, v belov, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 23 May, 2024 - 8:56pm

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