Symphoromyia melaena

Symphoromyia melaena

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Rhagionidae

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.

Distribution

Symphoromyia melaena — (c) Johannes S., some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Johannes S. · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Austria · 1

Sources and credits

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Symphoromyia melaena

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