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Bolbomyia
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Bolbomyia

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 and Russian Far East (Kamchatka).

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Bolbomyia wuorentausi

speciesBolbomyia wuorentausi

Bolbomyia loewi

speciesBolbomyia loewi

Bolbomyia nana

speciesBolbomyia nana

Bolbomyia melanderi

speciesBolbomyia melanderi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 638513.