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Wood Snipefly

Rhagio annulatus (De Geer, 1776)

Status not recordedinsects

The wood snipefly (Rhagio annulatus) is a species in the family Rhagionidae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about the wood snipefly

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the wood snipefly live?

Not recorded

Is the wood snipefly endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the wood snipefly classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyRhagionidae
  6. genusRhagio
  7. SpeciesRhagio annulatus (De Geer, 1776)

Synonyms Leptis annula, Leptis annulata, Leptis conjugens, Nemotelus annulatus, Rhagio annula, Rhagio annulatus, Rhagio conjugens

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • rengassieppokärpänenFinnish
  • Blonde snipvliegDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the wood snipefly

Other species in the same genus Rhagio.

Snipefly

Rhagio scolopaceus

RhagionidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the wood snipefly?

The wood snipefly (Rhagio annulatus) belongs to the family Rhagionidae in the order Diptera.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Wood Snipefly (Rhagio annulatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/wood-snipefly

MLA

“Wood Snipefly (Rhagio annulatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/wood-snipefly.

BibTeX
@misc{wood_snipefly_2026,
  title = {Wood Snipefly (Rhagio annulatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/wood-snipefly},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}