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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Snipe Flies (Rhagionidae) » Rhagio

Genus Rhagio

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Rhagio punctipennis - male Snipe fly - Rhagio tringarius - male Fly - Rhagio mystaceus - male Snipe Flies Rhagio spec. - Rhagio mystaceus Marsh Snipe Fly - Rhagio tringarius Rhagio tringarius Diptera. Phoridae? - Rhagio lineola Marsh Snipe Fly - Rhagio tringarius
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
The distinctive feature of the larva is the internal head capsule with two sections connected by narrow rods, the hind section with a projecting lobe.

Adults are distinguished from Chrysopilus by the presence of two spurs on the hind tibia instead of one.
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). Can. Ent. 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.
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.
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 29 August, 2020 - 9:32am

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