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Chrysopilus
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Species
Golden-backed Snipe Fly
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyRhagionidae
Observations13,459
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 511
- Family
- Rhagionidae
- Collections
- UAM, CHAS, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, TMAG
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia
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Chrysopilus is common, worldwide genus of predatory snipe flies. There are approximately 300 species in the genus, including fossil members that are sometimes found in amber.
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