Rachicerus obscuripennis in Howard Co., Maryland (6/14/2021). Verified by Bob Biagi/BugGuide.
Rachicerus obscuripennis in Montgomery Co., Maryland (6/6/2024). (c) Anneke, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Xylophagidae |
| Genus: | Rachicerus |
| Species: | R. obscuripennis
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Rachicerus obscuripennis is a North American Diptera of the Rachicerinae family. It is the only North American species with pectinate (comblike) flagellomeres (antenna segments).[2]
Distribution
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Loew, Hermann (1863). "Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria tertia". Berl. Entomol. Z. 7: 1–55. doi:10.1002/mmnd.18630070104.
- ^ a b Woodley, N.E. (2011). "A World Catalog of the Xylophagidae (Insecta: Diptera)". Myia. 12: 455–500.
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