Snipe fly - Snipe fly

Japanese: シギアブ(鴫虻) - シギアブ(英語表記)snipe fly
Snipe fly - Snipe fly
A general term for insects belonging to the Rhagionidae family of the Diptera order. The name comes from the fact that their long, slender legs resemble those of a water bird called a snipe. There are about 400 species recorded worldwide, with about 27 recorded in Japan. Although they are closely related to the Tabanidae family, they do not attack and suck the blood of cattle or horses. However, the lesser brown fly Atherix fontenalis and the common brown fly A. morimotoi are known to suck the blood of frogs. The larvae are terrestrial or aquatic, and the terrestrial ones live in rotting wood, moist soil, humus, etc.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
双翅目シギアブ科Rhagionidaeに属する昆虫の総称。名は脚が細長いのが水鳥のシギに似ていることによる。世界で約400種,日本からは約27種記録されている。アブ科と近縁であるが,ウシ,ウマなどを襲って吸血する習性はない。しかし,ヒメモンシギアブAtherix fontenalisとコモンシギアブA.morimotoiがカエルの血液を吸うことは知られている。幼虫は陸生または水生で,陸生のものは,朽木の中,湿気のある土中,腐植土の中などに生息している。

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