Silba (fly)

Silba
Silba fumosa, Italy
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Lonchaeidae
Subfamily: Lonchaeinae
Tribe: Lonchaeini
Genus: Silba
Macquart, 1851

Silba is a genus of lance flies in the family Lonchaeidae. There are more than 120 described species in Silba, found on every continent except South America and Antarctica.