Rhagio

Taxobox
name = "Rhagio"

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image_caption = "Rhagio mystaceus"
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota|
ordo = Diptera
subordo = Brachycera
infraordo = Tabanomorpha
superfamilia = Tabanoidea
familia = Rhagionidae
genus = "Rhagio"
genus_authority = Fabricius, 1775
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text

"Rhagio" is, worldwide genus of predatory snipe flies. There are approximately 170 species. They can be distinguished from other Rhagionids by having and open anal cell on the wings, and the lack of a kidney-shaped arista. [cite book|author=Stubbs, A. and Drake, M.|year=2001 |title=British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera|pages=512 pp|publisher=British Entomological & Natural History Society |language=English|isbn=1899935045]

pecies

"(incomplete)"

*"R. albicornis" (Say, 1823)
*"R. annulatus" (De Geer 1776) - Wood snipefly
*"R. brunneipennis" Leonard, 1930
*"R. californicus" Leonard, 1930
*"R. chillcotti" James, 1965
*"R. costatus" (Loew, 1862)
*"R. dichromaticus" Chillcott, 1965
*"R. floridensis" Chillcott, 1965
*"R. gracilis" (Johnson, 1912)
*"R. griseicollis" Frey, 1954
*"R. guadarramensis" Strobl, 1909 - (Synonym: "R. quadarramensis" Majer, 1988)
*"R. huashanensis" Yang & Yang, 1997
*"R. incisus" (Loew, 1872)
*"R. lineola" Fabricius, 1794 - Small fleck-winged snipefly
*"R. maculifer" (Bigot, 1887)
*"R. mystaceus" (Macquart, 1840) - Common snipe fly
*"R. notatus" (Meigen, 1820) - Large fleck-winged snipefly
*"R. ochraceus" (Loew, 1862)
*"R. orestes" Chillcott, 1965
*"R. palpalis" (Adams, 1904)
*"R. philippinensis" Frey, 1954
*"R. plumbeus" Say, 1823
*"R. pollinosus" Leonard, 1930
*"R. punctipennis" (Say, 1823)
*"R. scolopaceus" (Linnaeus, 1758) - Downlooker snipefly
*"R. shimai" Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1990
*"R. strigosus" Meigen, 1804 - Yellow downlooker snipefly
*"R. terminalis" (Loew, 1861)
*"R. tringarius" (Linnaeus, 1758) - Marsh snipefly
*"R. vertebratus" (Say, 1823)
*"R. yasumatsui" Nagatomi, 1972

External links

* [http://home.hccnet.nl/mp.van.veen/KEYS/Rhagionidae/Rhagio.html Mark van Veens' page on European Rhagio]

ee also

List of soldierflies and allies recorded in Britain

References