Common Snipe Fly
Rhagio mystaceus (Macquart, 1840)
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Rhagio mystaceus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Rhagionidae
Genus: Rhagio
Species:
R. mystaceus
Binomial name
Rhagio mystaceus
(Macquart, 1840)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Leptis mystacea Macquart, 1840

Rhagio mystaceus, also known as the down-looker fly, downlooker snipefly[3] and common snipe fly,[4][5][6] is a species of fly from the family Rhagionidae.[7]

Description

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Rhagio mystaceus has an overall dark colour, with males growing to 7–9 mm, and females reaching 6–8 mm. The thorax has three dark dorsal stripes. Normally, the center stripe has a very thin, pale line running down the middle. On the abdomen, there are yellowish rings at the posterior of the segments. However, the basal segment on some specimens are mostly yellowish and have a black dorsal and lateral spot.[8]

The wings are patterned, with dark tips.[8]

Range

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The fly is found in middle and eastern North America,[9] east of the Great Plains.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Essig Museum of Entomology Collections". Essigdb.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
  2. ^ "Rhagio mystaceus (Macquart, 1840)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2025-12-20.
  3. ^ "Snipe Fly - Rhagio mystaceus". Cirrusimage.com. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
  4. ^ "ADW: Rhagio mystaceus: Classification". Animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
  5. ^ "Species Rhagio mystaceus - Common Snipe Fly". BugGuide.Net. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
  6. ^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Rhagio mystaceus". Itis.gov. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
  7. ^ Krauth, Steve (2008-07-25). "University of Wisconsin-Insect Research Collection - Family Rhagionidae". Entomology.wisc.edu. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
  8. ^ a b "Rhagio mystaceus, Snipe Fly, Family Rhagionidae". Insectsofwestvirginia.net. Archived from the original on November 24, 2010. Retrieved 2012-01-25.
  9. ^ Piato, Bruno Garcia; Santos, Mateus Henrique; Dias dos Santos, Charles Morphy (8–12 October 2017). Genetic Structure, Glacial Refugees and Phylogeography of Rhagio mystaceus (Diptera, Rhagionidae), a Continentally Distributed Species (PDF). XIII Congresso de Ecologia & III International Symposium of Ecology and Evolution. Viçosa, Brazil. Retrieved 20 December 2025.
  10. ^ "common snipe fly (Rhagio mystaceus)". Minnesota Seasons. 2025-11-29 [Originally published 2019-02-01]. Retrieved 2025-12-20.
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