Bolbomyia
Bolbomyia is a genus of snipe flies, and the sole genus in the family Bolbomyiidae; until 2010, it was placed in the family Rhagionidae.[2] They are a small 2 to 3.5 mm, brown or black in color, with lightly infuscate (darkened) wings. They are restricted to the north temperate region of North America and Russian Far East (Kamchatka).
| Bolbomyia | |
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| Bolbomyia wuorentausi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Brachycera |
| Infraorder: | Tabanomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Rhagionoidea |
| Family: | Bolbomyiidae Stuckenberg, 2001 |
| Genus: | Bolbomyia Loew, 1850[1] |
| Type species | |
| Bolbomyia nana Loew, 1862 | |
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Species
References
- "Nomenclator Detail Record".
- Kerr, P.H. 2010: Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera). Zootaxa, 2592: 1–133.
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