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Bolbomyia
Sign in to saveBolbomyia is a genus of snipe flies, 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, Japan and Russian Far East (Kamchatka).
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 19
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Bolbomyiidae
- Collections
- USNM, EMEC, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- United States
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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. 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).
==Species== †B. loewi Meunier, 1902 - fossil Baltic B. melanderi Chillcott, 1963 - Nearctic B. nana Loew, 1862 - Nearctic B. wuorentausi (Szilády, 1934) - Nearctic
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