Black-fringed Moss-snipefly

Ptiolina obscura

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Rhagionidae

Ptiolina obscura is a species of snipe flies belonging to the family Rhagionidae. It is a Palearctic species found over most of Europe. Description Flies of this genus are tiny and black, quite unlike the normal conception of Rhagionidae.

Distribution

Black-fringed Moss-snipefly — (c) carnifex, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Netherlands · 34United Kingdom · 15Germany · 2

Sources and credits

Photo(c) carnifex, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionPtiolina obscura, Wikipedia contributors

Black-fringed Moss-snipefly

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