Species Detail - Black Snipefly (Chrysopilus cristatus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Rhagionidae of Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Chrysopilus cristatus
Black Snipefly
NBNSYS0000007850
RecommendedWell-formed
Atherix aurata Fabricius, 1805, Chrysopila holosericea misident. Walker, 1851, Chrysopilus auratus (Fabricius, 1805), Chrysopilus cingulatus preocc. (Donovan, 1808), Chrysopilus flaveolus misident. (Curtis, 1838), Chrysopilus helveolus misident. Stephens, 1829, Chrysopilus helvolus misident. (Curtis, 1838), Chrysopilus holosericeus misident. (Walker, 1851), Chrysopilus secretus (Harris, [1780]), Chrysopilus solitaneus (Harris, [1780]), Leptis flaveola misident. Curtis, 1838, Leptis helvola misident. Curtis, 1838, Musca cingulata preocc. Donovan, 1808, Musca cristata Fabricius, 1775, Sylvicola secretus Harris, [1780], Sylvicola solitaneus Harris, [1780]
N/A
chcri
(Fabricius, 1775)
Insect - true fly (Diptera)
Species
98
55
35
01/01/1992
13/07/2024
19 May (recorded in 2012)
19 August (recorded in 1999)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Rhagionidae of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Black Snipefly (Chrysopilus cristatus), accessed 06 September 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/433/Species/87618>