Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Rhagionidae ID

Posted by John Carr on 23-07-2014 14:42
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The Nearctic key to genera does not use the wing, but notes that Rhagio has two apical spurs on the hind tibia and Chrysopilus only one.

Although the imported R. tringarius has the cell broadly open, some of our native species of Rhagio have the cell closed at or near wing margin.