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Chrysopilus thoracicus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Rhagionidae |
Subfamily: | Chrysopilinae |
Genus: | Chrysopilus |
Species: | C. thoracicus
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Binomial name | |
Chrysopilus thoracicus | |
Synonyms | |
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![Chrysopilus thoracicus](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Mating_Golden-backed_Snipe_Fly_%28Chrysopilus_thoracicus%29_-_5.27.21.jpg/220px-Mating_Golden-backed_Snipe_Fly_%28Chrysopilus_thoracicus%29_-_5.27.21.jpg)
Chrysopilus thoracicus, the golden-backed snipe fly, is a species of snipe fly in the family Rhagionidae.[2]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Golden-backed_Snipe_Fly_-_Chrysopilus_thoracicus%2C_Leesylvania_State_Park%2C_Woodbridge%2C_Virginia_-_14377332718.jpg/220px-Golden-backed_Snipe_Fly_-_Chrysopilus_thoracicus%2C_Leesylvania_State_Park%2C_Woodbridge%2C_Virginia_-_14377332718.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Golden-backed_Snipe_Fly_Male_%287234891158%29.jpg/220px-Golden-backed_Snipe_Fly_Male_%287234891158%29.jpg)
It is usually found in woodland areas of the eastern part of North America.[3]
Distribution
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Fabricius, Johann Christian (1805). Systema antliatorum secundum ordines, genera, species. Bransvigae: Apud Carolum Reichard. pp. i–xiv, 1–373. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ Kerr, Peter H. (2010). "Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera)". Zootaxa. 2592 (1): 1–133.
- ^ Eaton, Eric R.; Kaufman, Kenn (2007). Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 286. ISBN 9780618153107.