Black Snipe Fly - Chrysopilus basifasciatus

Family Rhagionidae

This page contains pictures and information about Black Snipe Flies that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Body length 6mm

 

This Snipe Fly has the black head. Mesonotum and scutellum are black as well. The abdomen is conical shape with first segment covered with white hairs. Legs are black and wings are hyaline. The following segments are black covered with white hairs at laterally front corners. 

 

 

Pictures were taken in Sunnybank along the Bulimba Creek on Nov 2007. 

 

 

 

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Reference:

1. A review of Australian Leptidae (Diptera) - Paramonov, S. J. 1962, Australian Journal of Zoology 10: 113-169 [126]. 

2. Australian Rhyphidae and Leptidae (Diptera) - Hardy, G. H., 1919, Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania . pp. 117-129. 

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