Symphoromyia plagens

Symphoromyia plagens

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 plagens — (c) Trevor Van Loon, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Trevor Van Loon · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 1

Sources and credits

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