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

Species Chrysopilus modestus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Dance Fly? - Chrysopilus modestus Tiny green fly - Chrysopilus modestus fly - Chrysopilus modestus Small fly with long leggs - Chrysopilus modestus Small fly with long leggs - Chrysopilus modestus Small Brown Fly with Long Legs - Chrysopilus modestus Dolichopodae like fly with pretty golden hairs on back. - Chrysopilus modestus - male Pennsylvania Fly for ID - Chrysopilus modestus
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 Chrysopilus
Species modestus (Chrysopilus modestus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Author: Loew, 1872
Size
~8-10 mm
Life Cycle
larvae aquatic (associated with streamside vegetation) or found in moist, organic-rich soil(1)
Works Cited
1.Revision of the genera of the Rhagionidae of the world (Diptera: Brachycera)
Kerr P.H. 2004. U. Maryland.
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 26 May, 2012 - 7:15pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 8 December, 2014 - 8:12pm

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