Biology:Bolbomyia

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Short description: Genus of flies

Bolbomyia
Bolbomyia wuorentausi.jpg
Bolbomyia wuorentausi
Scientific classification e
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
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Misgomyia Coquillett, 1908
  • Cekendia Szilády, 1934

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 Russia n 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

  1. "Nomenclator Detail Record". http://diptera.org/Nomenclator/Details/265577. 
  2. Kerr, P.H. 2010: Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera). Zootaxa, 2592: 1–133.

Wikidata ☰ Q4939015 entry