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 Rhagionidae.

[2] They are a small 2 to 3.5 mm, brown or black in color, with lightly infuscate (darkened) wings.

They are restricted to the north temperate region of North America, Japan and Russian Far East (Kamchatka).

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