Rhagioninae is a worldwide
subfamily
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of
predatory
Predation is a biological interaction in which one organism, the predator, kills and eats another organism, its prey. It is one of a family of common feeding behaviours that includes parasitism and micropredation (which usually do not kill ...
snipe flies.
Genera
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Arthroteles''
Bezzi, 1926 -
Afrotropic
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Atherimorpha''
White, 1914 -
Australasia
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,
Neotropic
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Definition
In biogeogra ...
, Afrotropic
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Desmomyia''
Brunetti, 1912 - Palearctic, Oriental
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Rhagio
''Rhagio'' is a worldwide genus of predatory snipe flies. Several species in this genus are referred to as downlooker or down-looker flies because they sometimes perch on tree trunks in a head-down position. There are approximately 170 species. T ...
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Fabricius Fabricius (, ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman Fabricia gens, gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587–1616), known by his ...
, 1775 - Nearctic, Palearctic
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Sierramyia''
Kerr, 2010 - Nearctic/Neotropic
References
Biolib
Rhagionidae
Brachycera subfamilies
Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille
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