Lispe

For the snout moth genus invalidly named Lispe by Treitschke in 1832, see Myelois.
Lispe
Male Lispe tentaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Muscidae
Subfamily: Coenosiinae
Tribe: Limnophorini
Genus: Lispe
Latreille, 1796
Type species
Musca tentaculata
De Geer, 1776[1]

The Lispe is a genus of true flies, belonging to the family Muscidae.[2]

The adult are predators of small insects. Larvae are also predators, living in damp sand and mud.[3]

Species

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References

  1. Coquillett, D.W. (1901). "Types of anthomyid genera.". Journal of the New York Entomological Society (PDF/ Adobe Acrobat). New York: The New York Entomological Society. 9: 134–146.
  2. D'Assis Fonseca, E.C.M (1968). Diptera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata: Muscidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. 10. London.: Royal Entomological Society of London. p. 118.
  3. 1 2 Gregor, F.; Rozkosny, R.; Bartak, M.; Vanhara, J. (2002). The Muscidae (Diptera) of Central Europe. Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis. 107. Masaryk.: Masaryk University. p. 280.
  4. Kahanpää, Jere (2007). Muscidae "Draft Catalogue of Finnish Flies (Diptera: Brachycera)" Check |url= value (help). Retrieved 2008-04-22.


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