''Symphoromyia'' (meaning bane/blight fly in

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snipe flies. Unusually for Rhagionids, some species of ''Symphoromyia'' are known to feed on

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, including human blood. ''Symphoromyia'' species are stout bodied flies from 4.5 to 9 mm and with a black, grey or gold

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, and the

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is coloured grey, black, or both black and yellow, black terminating with yellow, to completely yellow. The wings are

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or lightly infuscate.

Species

*'' Symphoromyia algens'' Leonard, 1931 *'' Symphoromyia atripes''

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, 1887 *'' Symphoromyia barbata'' Aldrich, 1915 *'' Symphoromyia cervivora'' Turner & Chillcott, 1973 *'' Symphoromyia cinerea''

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, 1903 *'' Symphoromyia clerci'' Ngô-Muller & Nel, 2020 *'' Symphoromyia crassicornis'' (

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, 1808) *'' Symphoromyia cruenta'' Coquillett, 1894 *'' Symphoromyia currani'' Leonard, 1931 *'' Symphoromyia evecta'' (Meunier, 1910) *'' Symphoromyia examinata'' (Meunier, 1910) *'' Symphoromyia exigua'' (Meunier, 1910) *'' Symphoromyia fulvipes''

, 1887 *'' Symphoromyia hirta''

, 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''

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, 1911 *'' Symphoromyia succini'' Paramonov, 1938 *'' Symphoromyia tertiarica'' Paramonov, 1938 *'' Symphoromyia trivittata''

, 1887 *'' Symphoromyia trucis'' Coquillett, 1894 *'' Symphoromyia truncata'' Turner, 1973 *'' Symphoromyia varicornis'' ( Loew, 1872)

References

{{Authority control Rhagionidae Brachycera genera Diptera of Asia Diptera of North America Diptera of Europe Taxa named by Georg Ritter von Frauenfeld