Symphoromyia

Symphoromyia
Symphoromyia immaculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Rhagionidae
Subfamily: Spaniinae
Genus: Symphoromyia
Frauenfeld, 1867[1]
Type species
Atherix melaena
Subgenera
Synonyms
  • Axinicera Turner, 1974[4]
  • Ochleromyia Turner, 1974[4]
  • Pogonaria Turner, 1974[4]

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.

  1. ^ a b Frauenfeld, G.R. von (1867). "Zoologische Miscellen XI". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 17: 425–502, pl. 12. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  2. ^ Becker, T. (1921). "Neue Dipteren meiner Sammlung. Rhagionidae" (PDF). Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie. 11: 41–48. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  3. ^ Meigen, J.W. (1820). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Aachen: Zweiter Theil. Forstmann. pp. xxxvi + 363. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b c Turner, W.J. (1974). "A revision of the genus Symphoromyia Frauenfeld (Diptera: Rhagionidae). I. Introduction, subgenera and species-groups. Review of Biology". The Canadian Entomologist. 106: 851–868. doi:10.4039/Ent106851-8. S2CID 86430392.