| Bolbomyia | |
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| Bolbomyia wuorentausi | |
Scientific classification
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| 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 | |
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Bolbomyia nana
Loew, 1862
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| Synonyms | |
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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).
Species
- † B. loewi Meunier, 1902 - fossil Baltic
- B. melanderi Chillcott, 1963 - Nearctic
- B. nana Loew, 1862 - Nearctic
- B. wuorentausi ( Szilády, 1934) - Russia
References
- ^ "Nomenclator Detail Record".
- ^ Kerr, P.H. 2010: Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera). Zootaxa, 2592: 1–133.