Rachicerus obscuripennis

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Rachicerus obscuripennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Section: Orthorrhapha
Family: Xylophagidae
Subfamily: Rachicerinae
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 Loew in 1863.[1]


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