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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora) » Tabanomorpha » Watersnipe Flies (Athericidae) » Suragina

Genus Suragina

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Big Springs mystery fly - male? - Suragina concinna - male Big Springs mystery fly - male? side view - Suragina concinna - male Big Springs mystery fly - female? - Suragina concinna - female Odd Fly - Suragina concinna
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora))
Infraorder Tabanomorpha
Family Athericidae (Watersnipe Flies)
Genus Suragina
Numbers
18 species in the genus; three occur in Texas and Mexico.
Food
Adult females are blood feeders known to bite humans, cattle, and some cold-blooded vertebrates.
Remarks
S. concinna has been collected in Texas
Internet References
Medical and veterinary entomology

The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas
Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 17 June, 2009 - 9:22pm

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