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Rhagio
Sign in to saveRhagio 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.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,019
- With media
- 73
- Family
- Rhagionidae
- Collections
- UAM, CHAS, UCM, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, EMEC, DCH
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Rhagionidae
- Image
- Rhagio mystaceus.jpg
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- taxon name
- Rhagio
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Rhagio
- Commons category
- Rhagio
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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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.
Furia ithacensis is a species of the pathogenic fungus in America that causes a fatal disease in flies, specifically snipe flies.
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