Dipsa

{{Short description|Mythological snake}}

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:The fly genus Dipsa is a junior synonym of Lonchoptera.

Dipsa is a tiny, mucus-like, extremely venomous snake from Medieval bestiaries. They were so venomous that their victim would die before becoming aware he had been bitten.{{cite web|url=http://bestiary.ca/beasts/beast275.htm|title=Dipsa|accessdate=2008-12-28|work=The Medieval Bestiary}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hvKDq2j0ulAC|title=Partonopeus de Blois|last=Eley|first=Penny|date=2011|publisher=Boydell & Brewer Ltd|isbn=9781843842743|language=en}}