Common name for the fly family Rhagionidae with the genera Atherix (South and North America), Austroleptis and Spaniopsis (in Australia) (Spaniopsis, Fig. 1), and Symphoromyia (in Europe, Asia, and North America). They land noiselessly on human skin, bite very painfully, and often occur en masse.
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(2016). Snipe Flies. In: Mehlhorn, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Parasitology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43978-4_2910
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