Rhagio notatus

Rhagio notatus
Rhagio notatus female, North Wales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Rhagionidae
Genus: Rhagio
Species:
R. notatus
Binomial name
Rhagio notatus
(Meigen, 1820)

Rhagio notatus is a Palearctic species of snipe fly in the family Rhagionidae. In this Rhagio the scutellum is completely grey without yellowish marks at the base or on the sides. The legs are mostly dark except at the base of the femurs.The wings are unspotted with a well-defined dark stigma. - Length 8-11 mm. June-July. In Central and northern Europe it is found in June and July.

References

  1. ↑ Verrall, G. H., 1909 Stratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain British flies Volume 5 London : Gurney and Jackson, 1909.BHL Full text with illustrations
  2. ↑ Stubbs, Alan E.; Drake, Martin (2001). British Soldierflies and their allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera (Print). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pages. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
  3. ↑ Seguy, E. 1927 Faune de France 13: Diptères (Brachycères) (Stratiomyiidæ, Erianidæ, Cænomyiidæ, Rhagionidæ, Tabanidæ, Codidæ, Nemestrinidæ, Mydaidæ, Romoyiidæ, Therevidæ, Omphralidæ) Lechevalier editions (Paris: Éditions Faune de France)