σέρφος

English (LSJ)

ὁ, a small winged insect, prob. a kind of

   A gnat or winged ant, Ar.V.352 (ubi v. Sch.), Av.82, 569, Nicopho 1, dub. in Phld. Mort.34: prov., ἔνεστι κἀν μύρμηκι κἀν σέρφῳ χολή 'even the gnat has its sting', Sch.Ar.Av.82, V.352, cf. AP10.49 (Pall.):—written συρφός in Hsch.