Chrysopilus | |
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Chrysopilus thoracicus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Rhagionidae |
Subfamily: | Chrysopilinae |
Genus: | Chrysopilus Macquart, 1826 [1] |
Type species | |
Rhagio diadema | |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
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. [4]
Xylomyidae is a family of flies known commonly as the wood soldier flies. They are xylophagous and are associated with dead or dying wood.
Rhagionidae or snipe flies are a small family of flies. They get their name from the similarity of their often prominent proboscis that looks like the beak of a snipe.
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.
Symphoromyia is a genus of predatory snipe flies. Unusually for Rhagionids, some species of Symphoromyia are known to feed on mammal blood, including human blood. Symphoromyia species are stout bodied flies from 4.5 to 9 mm and with a black, grey or gold thorax, and the abdomen is coloured grey, black, or both black and yellow, black terminating with yellow, to completely yellow. The wings are hyaline or lightly infuscate.
Ptiolina is a genus of snipe flies of the family Rhagionidae,. Examples are found in Northwest Europe, where it prefers woodlands areas. and North America
Atherimorpha is a genus of snipe fly of the family Rhagionidae.
Oxycera is a genus of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Pachygastrinae is a subfamily of flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Hermetia is a genus of flies of the family Stratiomyidae.
Rachicerus is a genus of flies in the family Xylophagidae.
Atherix is a genus of 'ibis flies' belonging to the family Athericidae, a small family very similar to the Rhagionidae. Species within this genus are present in most of Europe and also in the Nearctic realm.
Solva is a fly genus in the family Xylomyidae, the "wood soldier flies".
Dialysis is a genus of flies in the family Xylophagidae.
Adoxomyia is a genus of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Allognosta is a genus of soldier flies in the family Stratiomyidae.
Drapetis is a genus of flies in the family Hybotidae.
Suragina is a genus of flies in the family Athericidae.
Data related to Chrysopilus at Wikispecies