Chrysopilus cristatus (Fabricius, 1775)
(Black Snipefly)

Chrysopilus cristatus (Black Snipefly) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Chrysopilus cristatus (Black Snipefly) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChrysopilus cristatus (Black Snipefly)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chrysopilus cristatus (Black Snipefly)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource

Puparium

Skidmore, P. 2003 Saproxylic Insect Survey of the Virginia Water and Bishopsgate areas of Windsor Park, 2002-2003 Research Reports EN Report no 514.

Chrysopilus cristatus (Black Snipefly) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Chrysopilus cristatus (Black Snipefly):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 34 images of Chrysopilus cristatus (Black Snipefly)
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