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{{Short description|Genus of flies}}
{{automatic taxobox
| image = Bolbomyia wuorentausi.jpg
| image_caption = ''Bolbomyia wuorentausi''
| display_parents=4
| taxon = Bolbomyia
| authority = Loew, 1850<ref>{{cite web | url=http://diptera.org/Nomenclator/Details/265577 | title=Nomenclator Detail Record }}</ref>
| parent_authority =Stuckenberg, 2001
| synonyms = *''Misgomyia'' <small>Coquillett, 1908</small>
*''Cekendia'' <small>Szilády, 1934</small>
| type_species = ''Bolbomyia nana''
| type_species_authority = Loew, 1862
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text
}}
'''''Bolbomyia''''' is a genus of snipe flies, and the sole genus in the family '''Bolbomyiidae'''; until 2010, it was placed in the family [[Biology:Rhagionidae|Rhagionidae]].<ref>Kerr, P.H. 2010: Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera). [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/index.html ''Zootaxa''], '''2592''': 1–133.</ref> They are a small 2 to 3.5&nbsp;mm, brown or black in color, with lightly infuscate (darkened) wings. They are restricted to the north temperate region of [[Earth:North America|North America]] and {{wipe|Russia}}n Far East (Kamchatka).

==Species==
*†''B. loewi'' <small>Meunier, 1902</small> - [[Biology:Fossil|fossil]] [[Place:Baltic region|Baltic]]
*''B. melanderi'' <small>Chillcott, 1963</small> - [[Biology:Nearctic realm|Nearctic]]
*''B. nana'' <small>Loew, 1862</small> - Nearctic
*''B. wuorentausi'' <small>(Szilády, 1934)</small> - Russia

==References==
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[[Category:Rhagionoidea]]
[[Category:Brachycera genera]]

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