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Silver-banded Snipefly
Chrysopilus erythrophthalmus
Chrysopilus erythrophthalmus is a Palearctic species of snipe fly in the family Rhagionidae.
This species resembles Chrysopilus cristatus .The wing length is 7- 9mm . Males are entirely dark but females have several silver bands on the abdomen. It has shorter palps than C. cristatus (barely extending beyond the mouth). It has more conspicuous wings stigmas than cristatus. It is associated with stony upland streams.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 497597.