Chrysopilus pilosus

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Chrysopilus pilosus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Rhagionidae
Subfamily: Chrysopilinae
Genus: Chrysopilus
Species:
C. pilosus
Binomial name
Chrysopilus pilosus
Leonard, 1930 [1]

Chrysopilus pilosus is a species of snipe fly in the family Rhagionidae. [2]

Distribution

United States

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References

  1. Leonard, Mortimer D. (1930). "A revision of the dipterous family Rhagionidae (Leptidae) in the United States and Canada". Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. 7: 1–181, 3 pls. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  2. Kerr, Peter H. (2010). "Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera)". Zootaxa. 2592 (1): 1–133.