Rhagio lineola Fabricius, 1794
(Small Fleck-winged Snipefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhagio lineola (Small Fleck-winged Snipefly)
GenusRhagio (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)
Records of Rhagio lineola (Small Fleck-winged Snipefly) :
1: Rhagio lineola (Small Fleck-winged Snipefly)
20 Aug 2013 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, on outside of window at 8am.
Image 1: Male - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Wing - highly enlarged - white background
2: Rhagio lineola (Small Fleck-winged Snipefly)
21 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU78 51° 30’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Oxon (VC 23) England
Male, on Oak leaf
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - lateral view
3: Rhagio lineola (Small Fleck-winged Snipefly)
2 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings openImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings togetherImage 3: Female - lateral view

Rhagio lineola (Small Fleck-winged Snipefly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rhagio lineola (Small Fleck-winged Snipefly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Rhagio lineola (Small Fleck-winged Snipefly)
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