#3892 · 🪰 flies & mosquitoes
Small Fleck-winged Snipefly
🇳🇱 Kleine snipvlieg ·Rhagio lineola
🪰 Flies & mosquitoes 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Noordwijkerhout, Nederland
📍 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland
📍 Nationalpark Lauwersmeer, Lauwersoog, Groningen, NL
📍 Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
📍 Noordwijk, Nederland
📍 Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © raviner · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Donald Hobern · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © raviner · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 6. 6874 Wolfheze, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Nationalpark Lauwersmeer, Lauwersoog, Groningen, NL:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 9. Noordwijk, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
- 10. Den Helder, Noord-Holland, Netherlands:© Magne Flåten · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
what is it?
Rhagio lineola is a species of 'snipe flies' belonging to the family Rhagionidae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 37 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 1,607 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1794 (232 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Small Fleck-winged Snipefly
- Nederlands
- Kleine snipvlieg
- scientific name
- Rhagio lineola
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Diptera
- family
- Rhagionidae
- sightings in NL
- 37
- sightings in Europe
- 638
- sightings worldwide
- 1,607
- GBIF records in NL
- 2,754
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1794 by Johan Christian Fabricius
relatives· Rhagionidae
#3793 📷 8Marsh Snipe Fly
🇳🇱 Gele snipvlieg
Rhagio tringarius
👀 178 in NL
#3808 📷 10Downlooker Snipefly
🇳🇱 Gewone snipvlieg
Rhagio scolopaceus
👀 124 in NL
#3810 📷 10Black Snipefly
🇳🇱 Gewone schubsnipvlieg
Chrysopilus cristatus
👀 121 in NL
#3875 📷 10Ongevlekte snipvlieg
Rhagio immaculatus
👀 45 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 321833, Wikidata Q14688062, GBIF 1581831, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.