Rhagio scolopaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Down-looker Fly, Downlooker Snipefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRhagio scolopaceus (Down-looker Fly, 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 scolopaceus (Down-looker Fly, Downlooker Snipefly) :
1: Rhagio scolopaceus (Down-looker Fly, Downlooker Snipefly)
26 May 2014 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, on Hemlock Water-dropwort stem
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - ventral view - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Male - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Male - postero-lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Wing - highly enlarged - white background
2: Rhagio scolopaceus (Down-looker Fly, Downlooker Snipefly)
26 May 2014 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Female
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver background
3: Rhagio scolopaceus (Down-looker Fly, Downlooker Snipefly)
26 May 2014 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, on post
Image 1: Male - resting on fence postImage 2: Male - resting on fence post (2)
4: Rhagio scolopaceus (Down-looker Fly, Downlooker Snipefly)
9 May 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Male, on oak trunk
Image 1: Male - perched on oak trunk - in situ - antero-dorsal viewImage 2: Male - perched on oak trunk - in situ - front three-quarter view
5: Rhagio scolopaceus (Down-looker Fly, Downlooker Snipefly)
21 May 2008 OSGR: NR93 55° 40’ N, 5° 10’ W Vice County: Clyde Islands (VC 100) Scotland

Female

Image 1: Female - antero-dorsal view - in situ - close-upImage 2: Female - antero-dorsal view - in situ - close-up (2)Image 3: Female - dorsal view - close-up - white backgroundImage 4: Female - dorsal view - in situ - close-upImage 5: Female - dorsal view - in situ - close-up (2)Image 6: Female - latero-dorsal view - in situ - close-upImage 7: Female - latero-dorsal view - in situ - close-up (2)Image 8: Female - latero-dorsal view - in situ - close-up (3)Image 9: Female - ventral view - close-up - white backgroundImage 10: Female - antero-dorsal view - in situ - close-up - enlargedImage 11: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - white backgroundImage 12: Head - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 13: Wing - highly enlarged
6: Rhagio scolopaceus (Down-looker Fly, Downlooker Snipefly)
19 May 2007 OSGR: TF84 52° 60’ N, 0° 50’ E Vice County: West Norfolk (VC 28) England
Male, on post
Image 1: Male - at rest in characteristic pose - dorsal view - close-upImage 2: Male - among horsetail - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 3: Male - at rest in characteristic pose - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Male - at rest in characteristic pose - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 5: Male - at rest in characteristic pose - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlargedImage 6: Male - at rest in characteristic pose - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlarged (2)Image 7: Male - at rest in characteristic pose - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlarged (3)Image 8: Male - at rest in characteristic pose - dorso-lateral view - close-up - enlarged (4)Image 9: Male - at rest in characteristic pose - dorso-lateral view - enlargedImage 10: Male - at rest in characteristic pose - dorso-lateral view - enlarged (2)Image 11: Male - at rest in characteristic pose - dorso-lateral view - enlarged (3)Image 12: Male - at rest in characteristic pose - latero-dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 13: Male - at rest in characteristic pose - latero-dorsal view - enlarged
7: Rhagio scolopaceus (Down-looker Fly, Downlooker Snipefly)
15 May 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male
Image 1: Male - dorsal viewImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings spreadImage 3: Male - lateral viewImage 4: Male - ventro-lateral view
8: Rhagio scolopaceus (Down-looker Fly, Downlooker Snipefly)
17 May 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, along the seep
Image 1: Male, dorsal view
9: Rhagio scolopaceus (Down-looker Fly, Downlooker Snipefly)
5 Jun 1975 OSGR: SU76 51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, resting on tree trunk
Image 1: On tree trunk in characteristic pose - side view - enlargedImage 2: On tree trunk in characteristic pose - top view - enlarged

Rhagio scolopaceus (Down-looker Fly, 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 scolopaceus (Down-looker Fly, Downlooker Snipefly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Rhagio scolopaceus (Down-looker Fly, Downlooker Snipefly)
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