Desmomyia is a genus of snipe flies of the family Rhagionidae. They have the antennal scape elongated, longer than the pedicel, and the male hind first tarsomere enlarged. Desmomyia are mid-sized flies of about 5 to 7 mm and of grey, black, or brownish colour and the legs have some yellow or dark brown to black.[2]
| Desmomyia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Rhagionidae |
| Subfamily: | Rhagioninae |
| Genus: | Desmomyia Brunetti, 1912[1] |
| Type species | |
| Desmomyia thereviformis | |
Species
edit- D. sinensis Yang & Yang, 1997[3] - China
- D. thereviformis Brunetti, 1912[1] - India
References
edit- ^ a b c Brunetti, E. (1912). "New Oriental Diptera. I". Records of the Indian Museum. 7: 445–513, pl. 37. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
- ^ Kerr, Peter H. (2010). "Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera)". Zootaxa. 2592 (1): 1–133.
- ^ Yang, D.; Yang, C.K.; Nagatomi, A. (1997). "The Rhagionidae of China (Diptera)". South Pacific Study. 17 (2): 113–262.