
''Chrysopilus'' is common, worldwide genus of predatory
snipe flies
Rhagionidae or snipe flies are a small family of flies.
They get their name from the similarity of their often prominent proboscis that looks like the beak of a snipe.
Description
Rhagionidae are medium-sized to large flies with slender bodies a ...
. There are approximately 300 species in the genus, including fossil members that are sometimes found in
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Species
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Chrysopilus aequicellulatus
''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.
Species
*'' Chrysopilus aequicellulatus'' Frey, 1954
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Frey
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, 1954
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Chrysopilus alaskaensis
''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.
Species
*''Chrysopilus aequicellulatus'' Frey, 1954
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Hardy
Hardy may refer to:
People
* Hardy (surname)
* Hardy (given name)
* Hardy (singer), American singer-songwriter Places Antarctica
* Mount Hardy, Enderby Land
* Hardy Cove, Greenwich Island
* Hardy Rocks, Biscoe Islands
Australia
* Hardy, South ...
, 1949
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Chrysopilus albicornis
''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.
Species
*''Chrysopilus aequicellulatus'' Frey, 1954
*''Chr ...
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Meijere, 1914
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