Desmomyia
Genus of flies
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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 | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Rhagionidae |
| Subfamily: | Rhagioninae |
| Genus: | Desmomyia Brunetti, 1912[1] |
| Type species | |
| Desmomyia thereviformis | |