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, Japan and Russian Far East (Kamchatka).[3][4]
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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 | |
| Bolbomyia nana Loew, 1862
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Species
editReferences
edit- ^ "Nomenclator Detail Record".
- ^ Kerr, Peter H. (2010). "Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera)". Zootaxa. 2592: 1–133.
- ^ Webb, Donald W. (1987). "A revision of the genus Bolbomyia (Diptera: Rhagionidae) of the world". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 60 (3): 433–445. doi:10.2307/25084921.
- ^ Webb, Donald W. (1969). "A new and unusual species of Bolbomyia (Diptera: Rhagionidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 42 (3): 285–288. doi:10.2307/25083797.