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Bolbomyiidae

Bolbomyia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Infraorder: Tabanomorpha
Superfamily: Rhagionoidea
Family: Bolbomyiidae
Genus: Bolbomyia
Loew, 1862
Type species
Bolbomyia nana
Loew, 1862
Species

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Synonyms

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Bolbomyia is a genus of snipe fly, and the sole genus in the family Bolbomyiidae; until 2010, it was placed in the family Rhagionidae. 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).


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