Rhagio

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Tabanomorpha

Familia: Rhagionidae
Subfamilia: Rhagioninae
Genus: Rhagio
Species: R. scolopaceus – R. yangi
Name

Rhagio Fabricius, 1775
Objective synonym: Leptis Fabricius, 1805

Synonyms

Palaeohilarimorpha Meunier, 1902
Rhagina Malloch, 1932
Authority for synonymy: Kerr, 2010: 85 ('New Synonymy')
Rhagionella Szilády, 1934
Rhagiella Szilády, 1934

References

Kerr, P.H. 2010: Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera). Zootaxa, 2592: 1–133. Preview

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.[1]
Species

R. albicornis (Say, 1823)
R. albipilosus Becker, 1921
R. albus Yang, Yang, and Nagatomi, 1997[2]
R. algericus (Becker, 1906)
R. alumnus Walker, 1852
R. amurensis Makarkin, 1992
R. annulatus (De Geer, 1776) – wood snipefly
R. apiciflavus Yang & Yang, 1991
R. apicipennis (Brunetti, 1909)
R. arcuatus (de Meijere, 1911)
R. ardea Fabricius, 1794
R. asticta Yang & Yang, 1994
R. balcanicus (Strobl, 1902)
R. basiflavus Yang & Yang, 1993
R. basimaculatus Yang & Yang, 1993
R. beckeri Lindner, 1923
R. biroi Szilády, 1934
R. bisectus Yang, Yang, and Nagatomi, 1997[2]
R. bitaeniatus (Bellardi, 1862)
R. brunneipennis Leonard, 1930
R. calcaratus Statz, 1940
R. californicus Leonard, 1930
R. cavannae (Bezzi, 1898)
R. centrimaculatus Yang & Yang, 1993
R. chillcotti James, 1965
R. choui Yang & Yang, 1997[2]
R. chrysopilaeformis (Bezzi, 1898)
R. chrysostigma (Loew, 1857)
R. cinerascens (von Röder, 1884)

R. cinereus (Bellardi, 1861)
R. cingulatus (Loew, 1856)
R. conspicuus Meigen, 1804
R. corsicanus Becker, 1910
R. costalis Matsumura, 1911
R. costatus (Loew, 1826)
R. costimaculata Matsumura, 1916
R. dichromaticus Chillcott, 1965
R. difficilis Becker, 1921
R. dimidiatus (Loew, 1863)
R. discoidalis (Brunetti, 1912)
R. elenae Soboleva, 1991
R. ephippium (Zetterstedt, 1842)
R. filius (Walker, 1848)
R. flavicornis (Macquart, 1826)
R. flavimedia (Coquillett, 1898)
R. floridensis Chillcott, 1965

R. formosus Bezzi, 1912
R. freyae Lindner, 1923
R. funebris Meigen, 1820
R. fuscipennis (Meigen, 1820)
R. gansuensis Yang & Yang, 1997[2]
R. gracilis (Johnson, 1912)
R. graeculus (Loew, 1869)
R. grandis Szilády, 1934
R. guadarramensis Czerny & Strobl, 1909
R. guangxiensis Yang & Yang, 1993
R. guizhouensis Yang & Yang, 1992
R. hainanensis Yang, Yang, and Nagatomi, 1997[2]
R. hangzhouensis Yang & Yang, 1989

R. hirtus Leow, 1861
R. huashanensis Yang & Yang, 1997[2]
R. idaeus Bezzi, 1908
R. immaculatus (Meigen, 1804)
R. incisus (Loew, 1872)
R. insularis Becker, 1921
R. iriomotensis Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1990[3]
R. itoi Nagatomi, 1952
R. japonicus Matsumura, 1916
R. javanus Lindner, 1925
R. jinxiuensis Yang & Yang, 1993
R. karafutonis Matsumura, 1916
R. latipennis (Loew, 1856)
R. libanonicus Szilády, 1934
R. lineola Fabricius, 1794 – small fleck-winged snipefly
R. longshengensis Yang & Yang, 1993
R. longzhouensis Yang & Yang, 1993
R. luteus Soboleva, 1984
R. lutifaciatus Okada, 1941
R. maculatus (De Geer, 1776)
R. maculifer (Bigot, 1887)
R. maculipennis (Loew, 1854)
R. maolanus Yang & Yang, 1993

R. matsumurae Lindner, 1923
R. medeae Iacob, 1971
R. meridionalis Yang & Yang, 1993
R. miyonis Nagatomi, 1952
R. mongolicus Lindner, 1923
R. montanus Becker, 1921
R. montivagus Edwards, 1919
R. morulus Nagatomi, 1971
R. mystaceus (Macquart, 1840) – common snipe fly
R. naganensis Nagatomi, 1952
R. nagatomii Yang & Yang, 1997[2]
R. niger (Wiedemann in Meigen, 1820)
R. notatus (Meigen, 1820) – large fleck-winged snipefly
R. ochraceus (Loew, 1862)
R. olgae Soboleva, 1991
R. olsufjevi Soboleva, 1989
R. orestes Chillcott, 1965

R. pallidipennis Becker, 1921
R. pallidistigma (de Meijere, 1924)
R. perdicaceus Frey, 1954
R. petrovae Soboleva, 1989
R. philippinensis Frey, 1954
R. pilosus Yang, Yang, and Nagatomi, 1997[2]
R. plumbeus (Say, 1823)
R. poecilopterus Bezzi, 1908
R. politaeniatus (Bellardi, 1862)
R. pollinosus Leonard, 1930
R. pseudasticta Yang & Yang, 1994
R. puellaris Nagatomi, 1971
R. pullata (Coquillett, 1898)
R. punctipennis (Say, 1823)
R. rolandi Becker, 1921
R. rondanii Bezzi, 1908
R. sabahensis Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1990[3]
R. sardous Szilády, 1934
R. scapulifer (Bigot, 1887
R. schmidti Lindner, 1931
R. scolopaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) – downlooker snipefly
R. separatus Yang, Yang, and Nagatomi, 1997[2]
R. shaanxiensis Yang & Yang, 1997[2]
R. shennonganus Yang & Yang, 1991
R. shimai Nagatomi & Nagatomi, 1990[3]
R. shirakii Szilády, 1934
R. sikisimanus Nagatomi, 1972
R. simushirus Soboleva, 1989
R. sinensis Yang & Yang, 1993
R. singularis Yang, Yang, and Nagatomi, 1997[2]
R. stigmosus Yang, Yang, and Nagatomi, 1997[2]
R. strigosus (Meigen, 1804 – yellow downlooker snipefly
R. subpilosus (Becker, 1892
R. taorminae Becker, 1921
R. terminalis (Loew, 1861
R. tessella (Motschulsky, 1889
R. tipuliformis Fabricius, 1794
R. tonsa (Loew, 1869
R. triangulata (Brunetti, 1920
R. tringarius (Linnaeus, 1758) – marsh snipefly
R. tristis (Schummel, 1837
R. tuberculatus Yang, Yang, and Nagatomi, 1997[2]
R. turcicus Lindner, 1930
R. venetianus Becker, 1921
R. vermileonoides Frey, 1954
R. vertebratus (Say, 1823)

R. vitripennis (Meigen, 1820
R. yasumatsui Nagatomi, 1972
R. zhejiangensis Yang & Yang, 1989

References

Stubbs, A. & Drake, M. (2001). British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 512 pp. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
Yang, D., et al. (1997). The Rhagionidae of China (Diptera).[permanent dead link] South Pacific Study 17(2) 113-262.
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.