Chrysopilus Macquart, 1826
(a genus of snipe flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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ID refs
Chrysopilus asiliformis
Little Snipefly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 2 images
Chrysopilus cristatus
Black Snipefly
Male (Click to open)Female (Click to open) (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Species 34 images 1 ident. refs
Chrysopilus laetus
Tree Snipefly
Species 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusChrysopilus (a genus of snipe flies)
FamilyRHAGIONIDAE (snipe flies, down-looker fly)
SuperfamilyTABANOIDEA (horseflies, snipe flies & water snipe flies)
InfraorderTabanomorpha (horseflies, snipe flies & soldier flies)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Chrysopilus (a genus of snipe flies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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