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 4.5 to 9 mm and with a black, grey or gold thorax, and the abdomen is coloured grey, black, or both black and yellow, black terminating with yellow, to completely yellow. The wings are hyaline or lightly infuscate.
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- Symphoromyia algens Leonard, 1931[5]
- Symphoromyia atripes Bigot, 1887[6]
- Symphoromyia barbata Aldrich, 1915[7]
- Symphoromyia cervivora Turner & Chillcott, 1973[8]
- Symphoromyia cinerea Johnson, 1903[9]
- †Symphoromyia clerci Ngô-Muller & Nel, 2020[10]
- Symphoromyia crassicornis (Panzer, 1808)[11]
- Symphoromyia cruenta Coquillett, 1894[12]
- Symphoromyia currani Leonard, 1931[5]
- †Symphoromyia evecta (Meunier, 1910)[13]
- †Symphoromyia examinata (Meunier, 1910)[13]
- †Symphoromyia exigua (Meunier, 1910)[13]
- Symphoromyia fulvipes Bigot, 1887[6]
- Symphoromyia hirta Johnson, 1897[14]
- Symphoromyia immaculata (Meigen, 1804)[15]
- Symphoromyia inconspicua Turner & Chillcott, 1973[8]
- Symphoromyia incorrupta Yang, Yang & Nagatomi, 1997[16]
- Symphoromyia inquisitor Aldrich, 1915[7]
- Symphoromyia johnsoni Coquillett, 1894[12]
- Symphoromyia kincaidi Aldrich, 1915[7]
- Symphoromyia limata Coquillett, 1894[12]
- Symphoromyia liupanshana Yang, Dong & Zhang, 2016[17]
- †Symphoromyia marginata Théobald, 1937[18]
- Symphoromyia melaena (Meigen, 1820)[2]
- Symphoromyia montana Aldrich, 1915[7]
- Symphoromyia nana Turner & Chillcott, 1973[8]
- Symphoromyia nigripilosa Yang, Dong & Zhang, 2016[17]
- Symphoromyia pachyceras Williston, 1886[19]
- Symphoromyia pallipilosa Yang, Dong & Zhang, 2016[17]
- Symphoromyia pilosa Aldrich, 1915[7]
- Symphoromyia plagens Williston, 1886[19]
- Symphoromyia pleuralis Curran, 1930[20]
- Symphoromyia plumbea Aldrich, 1915[7]
- Symphoromyia pullata Coquillett, 1894[12]
- Symphoromyia sackeni Aldrich, 1915[7]
- Symphoromyia securifera Coquillett, 1904[21]
- Symphoromyia sinensis Yang & Yang, 1997[16]
- Symphoromyia spitzeri Chvála, 1983[22]
- †Symphoromyia subtrita Cockerell, 1911[23]
- †Symphoromyia succini Paramonov, 1938[24]
- †Symphoromyia tertiarica Paramonov, 1938[24]
- Symphoromyia trivittata Bigot, 1887[6]
- Symphoromyia trucis Coquillett, 1894[12]
- Symphoromyia truncata Turner, 1973[8]
- Symphoromyia varicornis (Loew, 1872)[25]
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