Rachicerus obscuripennis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Xylophagidae |
Genus: | Rachicerus |
Species: | R. obscuripennis |
Binomial name | |
Rachicerus obscuripennis Loew, 1863 |
Rachicerus obscuripennis is a North American Diptera of the Rachicerinae family. It is the only North American species with pectinate (comblike) flagellomeres (antenna segments). It was first described by Hermann Loew in 1863.