- Rhagionidae
image_caption = "Rhagio scolopaceus "
image_width = 250px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
subphylum =Hexapoda
classis =Insect a
subclassis =Pterygota
infraclassis =Neoptera
superordo =Endopterygota |
ordo = Diptera
subordo =Brachycera
infraordo =Tabanomorpha
superfamilia =Tabanoidea
familia = Rhagionidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = see textRhagionidae or snipe flies are a small family of flies containing 21 genera.__NOTOC__
Description
Rhagionidae are medium–sized or large flies with slender bodies and stilt–like legs. The
mouthparts are adapted forpiercing and many species are haematophagous as adults, while others arepredator y on other insects. They are typically brown and yellow flies, and lackbristle s. Thelarva e are also predatory and are mostly terrestrial, although some are aquatic [Watson & Dallwitz] .Snipe flies in the genus "Rhagio" are sometimes called "down-looker" flies after their habit of perching head-downward on tree trunks.
Classification
The family is contained in
Brachycera infraorderTabanomorpha . "Atherix " Meigen (and related genera) and "Vermileo " Macquart (and related genera) are now separated from Rhagionidae asAthericidae Stuckenberg 1973 andVermileonidae Nagatomi 1977.The following six genera occur in
Europe [Fauna Europaea] :
*"Chrysopilus "
*"Ptiolina "
*"Rhagio "
*"Spania"
*"Spatulina "
*"Symphoromyia "Eight genera occur in the
Nearctic [Nomina Diptera] :
*"Arthroceras "
*"Bolbomyia "
*"Chrysopilus "
*"Litoleptis "
*"Ptiolina "
*"Rhagio "
*"Spania"
*"Symphoromyia "Two genera occur in
Japan , "Arthroceras " and "Chrysopilus " [Checklist of Japanese Insects] .Footnotes
References
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* Bezzi, M. 1928. "Diptera Brachycera and Athericera of the Fiji Islands based on material in the British Museum (Natural History)." British Museum (Natural History), London. viii + 220 pp.
* Lindner, E 1924-1925. Rhagionidae in Die Fliegen der Paläarktischen Region 4 (20) 1-49. ISBN 3-510-43016-6 Keys to genera and species.
* Stuckenberg, B., 1960. Diptera (Brachycera): Rhagionidae. "S.Afr. anim. Life" 7: 216-308 Keys to genera and species.
* Stuckenberg, B., 1965. The Rhagionidae of Madagascar (Diptera). "Ann.Natal Mus." 18:89-170. Keys to genera and species.
* Leonard, M. D., 1930. A revision of the Dipterous family Rhagionidae (Leptidae) in the United States and Canada, "Memoirs of the American Entomological Society" 7:1-181.
* Malloch, J. R., 1932. Rhagionidae, Therevidae. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Entomology [eds] Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile, based mainly on material in the British Museum (Natural History). Part V. Fascicle 3. - Rhagionidae (Leptidae), Therevidae, Scenopinidae, Mydaidae, Asilidae, Lonchopteridae. pp. 199-293.
* Nagatomi, A., 1982. The genera of Rhagionidae (Diptera). "J. Nat. Hist". 16: 31-70.
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* Kerr, P. H., 2004. Revision of the Genera of the Rhagionidae of the World (Diptera: Brachycera) (Ph.D. Dissertation, [http://www.lib.umd.edu/drum/handle/1903/1684 Digital Repository at the University of Maryland] , 635 pp., size 41105Kb.ee also
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* [http://www.cirrusimage.com/fly_snipe_Rhagio.htm "Rhagio mystaceus"] Rhagio diganostic photographs
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