Rhagio

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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.[3]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
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Rhagio
Rhagio mystaceus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Rhagionidae
Subfamily: Rhagioninae
Genus: Rhagio
Fabricius, 1775[1]
Type species
Musca scolopacea
Species

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Furia ithacensis is a species of the pathogenic fungus in America that causes a fatal disease in flies, specifically snipe flies.[4]

Species

Rhagio lineola
Rhagio notatus, female
Rhagio scolopaceus
Rhagio sp.
Rhagio tringarius, male
Rhagio vitripennis

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