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Symphoromyia
Sign in to saveSymphoromyia (meaning bane/blight fly in Greek) is a genus of predatory snipe flies. Unusually for Rhagionids, some species of Symphoromyia are known to feed on mammal blood, including human blood. Symphoromyia species are stout bodied flies from 4.5 to 9 mm and with a black, grey or gold thorax, and the abdomen is coloured grey, black, or both black and yellow, black terminating with yellow, to completely yellow. The wings are hyaline or lightly infuscate.
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It is catalogued under topics including Brachycera genera, Flies of Asia and Flies of Europe.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyRhagionidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 478
- With media
- 11
- Family
- Rhagionidae
- Collections
- UAM, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, UCM
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Rhagionidae
- Image
- Symphoromyia crassicornis, Minera Quarry, North Wales, June 2012 2 (17168065069).jpg
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- taxon common name
- Rocky Mountain Bite Flies
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- Symphoromyia
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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Symphoromyia (meaning bane/blight fly in Greek) is a genus of predatory snipe flies. Unusually for Rhagionids, some species of Symphoromyia are known to feed on mammal blood, including human blood. Symphoromyia species are stout bodied flies from 4.5 to 9 mm and with a black, grey or gold thorax, and the abdomen is coloured grey, black, or both black and yellow, black terminating with yellow, to completely yellow. The wings are hyaline or lightly infuscate.
==Species== Symphoromyia algens Leonard, 1931 Symphoromyia atripes Bigot, 1887 Symphoromyia barbata Aldrich, 1915 Symphoromyia cervivora Turner & Chillcott, 1973 Symphoromyia cinerea Johnson, 1903 Symphoromyia clerci Ngô-Muller & Nel, 2020 Symphoromyia crassicornis (Panzer, 1808) Symphoromyia cruenta Coquillett, 1894 Symphoromyia currani Leonard, 1931 Symphoromyia evecta (Meunier, 1910) Symphoromyia examinata (Meunier, 1910) Symphoromyia exigua (Meunier, 1910) Symphoromyia fulvipes Bigot, 1887 Symphoromyia hirta Johnson, 1897 Symphoromyia immaculata (Meigen, 1804) Symphoromyia inconspicua Turner & Chillcott, 1973 Symphoromyia incorrupta Yang, Yang & Nagatomi, 1997 Symphoromyia inquisitor Aldrich, 1915 Symphoromyia johnsoni Coquillett, 1894 Symphoromyia kincaidi Aldrich, 1915 Symphoromyia limata Coquillett, 1894 Symphoromyia liupanshana Yang, Dong & Zhang, 2016 Symphoromyia marginata Théobald, 1937 Symphoromyia melaena (Meigen, 1820) Symphoromyia montana Aldrich, 1915 Symphoromyia nana Turner & Chillcott, 1973 Symphoromyia nigripilosa Yang, Dong & Zhang, 2016 Symphoromyia pachyceras Williston, 1886 Symphoromyia pallipilosa Yang, Dong & Zhang, 2016 Symphoromyia pilosa Aldrich, 1915 Symphoromyia plagens Williston, 1886 Symphoromyia pleuralis Curran, 1930 Symphoromyia plumbea Aldrich, 1915 Symphoromyia pullata Coquillett, 1894 Symphoromyia sackeni Aldrich, 1915 Symphoromyia securifera Coquillett, 1904 Symphoromyia sinensis Yang & Yang, 1997 Symphoromyia spitzeri Chvála, 1983 Symphoromyia subtrita Cockerell, 1911 Symphoromyia succini Paramonov, 1938 Symphoromyia tertiarica Paramonov, 1938 Symphoromyia trivittata Bigot, 1887 Symphoromyia trucis Coquillett, 1894 Symphoromyia truncata Turner, 1973 Symphoromyia varicornis (Loew, 1872)
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