Rhagio

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Rhagio
File:Rhagio mystaceus.jpg
Rhagio mystaceus
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Rhagio

Fabricius, 1775
Type species
Musca scolopacea
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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 trees 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.[1]

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  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 Yang, D., et al. (1997). The Rhagionidae of China (Diptera). South Pacific Study 17(2) 113-262.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Nagatomi, A. and H. Nagatomi. (1990). Three new Rhagio from the Ryukyus (Iriomote I.) and Borneo (Diptera, Rhagionidae). South Pacific Study 11(1), 37-49.