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 | |
See text | |
Synonyms | |
Chrysopila Macquart, 1826 [1] SolomomyiaNagatomi, 1982 [3] Contents |
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.
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