| 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 | |
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Rachicerus obscuripennis Loew, 1863 |
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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.