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Chrysopilus
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Species
Golden-backed Snipe Fly
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyRhagionidae
Observations13,459
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 511
- Family
- Rhagionidae
- Collections
- UAM, CHAS, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, TMAG
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Rhagionidae
- Image
- Chrysopilus thoracicus.jpg
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- taxon name
- Chrysopilus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Chrysopilus
- Commons category
- Chrysopilus
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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thumb|Chrysopilus splendidus thumb|Chrysopilus cristatus male on [[Rumex sp. (video, 2m 15s) ]] thumb|Chrysopilus quadratus
Chrysopilus is common, worldwide genus of predatory snipe flies. There are approximately 300 species in the genus, including fossil members that are sometimes found in amber.
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