Rhagionidae
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Rhagionidae or Snipe flies is a small family of Diptera containing 21 genera.
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[edit] Family Description
See[1] includes excellent figure by George Henry Verrall
[edit] Classification
The family is contained in Brachycera infraorder Tabanomorpha. Atherix Meigen (and related genera) and Vermileo Macquart (and related genera) are now separated from Rhagionidae as Athericidae (Stuckenberg 1973) and Vermileonidae (Nagatomi 1977).See Tree of Life [2]
[edit] Biology
The larvae of rhagionids are predaceous, but it is almost certain that the adults are not. Adults of Spaniopsis, as well as some species of Symphoromyia Frauenfeld from North America and Central Asia, are blood feeders. The structure of the adult mouthparts in some genera and species in relation to blood feeding is discussed by Nagatomi & Soroida (1985).
[edit] Species Lists
[edit] Identification (Literature)
- Bezzi, M. 1928. Diptera Brachycera and Athericera of the Fiji Islands based on material in the British Museum (Natural History). British Museum (Natural History), London. viii + 220 pp.
- Lindner, E 1924-1925.Rhagionidae in Die Fliegen der Paläarktischen Region 4 (20) 1-49. ISBN 3-510-43016-6 Keys genera and species.
- Stuckenberg, B., 1960 Diptera (Brachycera): Rhagionidae. S.Afr. anim. Life 7: 216-308 Keys genera and species.
- Stuckenberg, B.,1965 The Rhagionidae of Madagascar (Diptera). Ann.Natal Mus. 18:89-170. Keys genera and species.
[edit] Images
See Diptera.info
[edit] References
- Leonard, M. D., 1930, A revision of the Dipterous family Rhagionidae (Leptidae) in the. United States and Canada, Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 7:1-181.
- Malloch, J. R. 1932. Rhagionidae, Therevidae. British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Entomology [eds] Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile, based mainly on material in the British Museum (Natural History). Part V. Fascicle 3. - Rhagionidae (Leptidae), Therevidae, Scenopenidae, Mydaidae, Asilidae, Lonchopteridae. pp. 199-293.
- Nagatomi, A. 1982. The genera of Rhagionidae (Diptera). J. Nat. Hist. 16: 31-70.
- Nagatomi, A. & Soroida, K. 1985. The structure of the mouthparts of the orthorrhaphous Brachycera (Diptera) with special reference to blood-sucking. Beitr. Ent. 35 (2): 263-368, 480.
