Chrysopilus

Chrysopilus
Chrysopilus thoracicus
Scientific classification Edit this 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] Solomomyia Nagatomi, 1982[3]

Chrysopilus splendidus
Chrysopilus cristatus male on Rumex sp. (video, 2m 15s)
Chrysopilus quadratus

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]

  1. ^ a b Macquart, P.J.M. (1826). "Insectes diptères du nord de la France. Asiliques, bombyliers, xylotomes, leptides, stratiomyides, xylophagites et tabaniens". Mem. Soc. Sci. Agric. Arts, Lille. 1825: 324–499, 3 pls.
  2. ^ Fabricius, J.C. (1775). Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Flensbvrgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig]: Kortii. pp. [32] + 832. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  3. ^ Nagatomi, A. (1982). "The genera of Rhagionidae (Diptera)". Journal of Natural History. 16: 31–70. doi:10.1080/00222938200770041.
  4. ^ Stubbs, A.; Drake, M. (2001). British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 512 pp. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.