Rhagio strigosus (Meigen, 1804)
(Yellow Downlooker Snipefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhagio strigosus (Yellow Downlooker 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 strigosus (Yellow Downlooker Snipefly) :
1: Rhagio strigosus (Yellow Downlooker Snipefly)
30 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, on trunk of Oak tree at edge of field
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Male - lateral viewImage 3: Male - ventral view
2: Rhagio strigosus (Yellow Downlooker Snipefly)
30 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, on trunk of Oak tree at edge of field
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings spreadImage 2: Male - lateral viewImage 3: Male - ventral view
3: Rhagio strigosus (Yellow Downlooker Snipefly)
6 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, on Oak trunk
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings togetherImage 3: Male - lateral viewImage 4: Male - ventral view

Rhagio strigosus (Yellow Downlooker Snipefly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Rhagio strigosus (Yellow Downlooker Snipefly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Rhagio strigosus (Yellow Downlooker Snipefly)
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