Rhagio

Rhagio
	Rhagio mystaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Rhagionidae
Genus:	Rhagio; Fabricius, 1775
Type species
	Musca scolopacea; Linnaeus, 1758
Species
	see text
Synonyms
	Leptis Fabricius, 1805;

Rhagio is a worldwide genus of predatory snipe flies. Several species in this genus are referred to as downlooker or down-looker flies because they sometimes perch on tree trunks in a head-down position. There are approximately 170 species. They can be distinguished from other rhagionids by the open anal cell on the wings and the lack of a kidney-shaped arista.^[1]

Species[]

(Say, 1823)
Becker, 1921
Yang, Yang, and Nagatomi, 1997^[2]
(Becker, 1906)
Walker, 1852
Makarkin, 1992
R. annulatus (De Geer, 1776) – wood snipefly
Yang & Yang, 1991
(Brunetti, 1909)
(de Meijere, 1911)
Fabricius, 1794
Yang & Yang, 1994
(Strobl, 1902)
Yang & Yang, 1993
Yang & Yang, 1993
Lindner, 1923
Szilády, 1934
Yang, Yang, and Nagatomi, 1997^[2]
(Bellardi, 1862)
Leonard, 1930
Statz, 1940
Leonard, 1930
(Bezzi, 1898)
Yang & Yang, 1993
James, 1965
Yang & Yang, 1997^[2]
(Bezzi, 1898)
(Loew, 1857)
(von Röder, 1884)

Rhagio lineola

(Bellardi, 1861)
(Loew, 1856)
Meigen, 1804
Becker, 1910
Matsumura, 1911
(Loew, 1826)
Matsumura, 1916
Chillcott, 1965
Becker, 1921
(Loew, 1863)
(Brunetti, 1912)
Soboleva, 1991
(Zetterstedt, 1842)
(Walker, 1848)
(Macquart, 1826)
(Coquillett, 1898)
Chillcott, 1965

Rhagio notatus, female

Bezzi, 1912
Lindner, 1923
Meigen, 1820
(Meigen, 1820)
Yang & Yang, 1997^[2]
R. gracilis (Johnson, 1912)
(Loew, 1869)
Szilády, 1934
Czerny & Strobl, 1909
Yang & Yang, 1993
Yang & Yang, 1992
Yang, Yang, and Nagatomi, 1997^[2]
Yang & Yang, 1989

Rhagio scolopaceus

Leow, 1861
Yang & Yang, 1997^[2]
Bezzi, 1908
(Meigen, 1804)
(Loew, 1872)
Becker, 1921
Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1990^[3]
Nagatomi, 1952
Matsumura, 1916
Lindner, 1925
Yang & Yang, 1993
Matsumura, 1916
(Loew, 1856)
Szilády, 1934
R. lineola Fabricius, 1794 – small fleck-winged snipefly
Yang & Yang, 1993
Yang & Yang, 1993
Soboleva, 1984
Okada, 1941
(De Geer, 1776)
(Bigot, 1887)
(Loew, 1854)
Yang & Yang, 1993

Rhagio sp.

Lindner, 1923
Iacob, 1971
Yang & Yang, 1993
Nagatomi, 1952
Lindner, 1923
Becker, 1921
Edwards, 1919
Nagatomi, 1971
R. mystaceus (Macquart, 1840) – common snipe fly
Nagatomi, 1952
Yang & Yang, 1997^[2]
(Wiedemann in Meigen, 1820)
R. notatus (Meigen, 1820) – large fleck-winged snipefly
(Loew, 1862)
Soboleva, 1991
Soboleva, 1989
Chillcott, 1965

Rhagio tringarius, male

Becker, 1921
(de Meijere, 1924)
Frey, 1954
Soboleva, 1989
Frey, 1954
Yang, Yang, and Nagatomi, 1997^[2]
(Say, 1823)
Bezzi, 1908
(Bellardi, 1862)
Leonard, 1930
Yang & Yang, 1994
Nagatomi, 1971
(Coquillett, 1898)
R. punctipennis (Say, 1823)
Becker, 1921
Bezzi, 1908
Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1990^[3]
Szilády, 1934
(Bigot, 1887
Lindner, 1931
R. scolopaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) – downlooker snipefly
Yang, Yang, and Nagatomi, 1997^[2]
Yang & Yang, 1997^[2]
Yang & Yang, 1991
Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1990^[3]
Szilády, 1934
Nagatomi, 1972
Soboleva, 1989
Yang & Yang, 1993
Yang, Yang, and Nagatomi, 1997^[2]
Yang, Yang, and Nagatomi, 1997^[2]
R. strigosus (Meigen, 1804 – yellow downlooker snipefly
(Becker, 1892
Becker, 1921
(Loew, 1861
(Motschulsky, 1889
Fabricius, 1794
(Loew, 1869
(Brunetti, 1920
R. tringarius (Linnaeus, 1758) – marsh snipefly
(Schummel, 1837
Yang, Yang, and Nagatomi, 1997^[2]
Lindner, 1930
Becker, 1921
Frey, 1954
R. vertebratus (Say, 1823)

(Meigen, 1820
Nagatomi, 1972
Yang & Yang, 1989

References[]

^ Stubbs, A. & Drake, M. (2001). British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 512 pp. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Yang, D., et al. (1997). The Rhagionidae of China (Diptera).^{[permanent dead link]} South Pacific Study 17(2) 113-262.
^ ^a ^b ^c Nagatomi, A. and H. Nagatomi. (1990). Three new Rhagio from the Ryukyus (Iriomote I.) and Borneo (Diptera, Rhagionidae). South Pacific Study 11(1), 37-49.

External links[]

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Key to European Rhagio

[1] Stubbs, A. & Drake, M. (2001). British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 512 pp. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.

[yang-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Yang, D., et al. (1997). The Rhagionidae of China (Diptera).^{[permanent dead link]} South Pacific Study 17(2) 113-262.

[nag-3] Nagatomi, A. and H. Nagatomi. (1990). Three new Rhagio from the Ryukyus (Iriomote I.) and Borneo (Diptera, Rhagionidae). South Pacific Study 11(1), 37-49.

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Rhagio

Rhagio mystaceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Rhagionidae
Genus:	Rhagio Fabricius, 1775
Type species
Musca scolopacea Linnaeus, 1758
Species
see text
Synonyms
Leptis Fabricius, 1805