Kingdom Animalia Order Diptera Subfamily Coenosiinae Scientific name Lispocephala Rank Genus | Phylum Arthropoda Family Muscidae Tribe Coenosiini Higher classification Muscidae | |
Similar Muscidae, Fly, Insect, Spilogona, Thricops | ||
Lispocephala is a very large genus of true flies of the family Muscidae.
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Description
frons are broad in both sexes. There are two orbital setae and two frontal setae on each fronta-orbital plate.
Biology
The biology of the genus is, at present unknown, only a pupa of one species (L. alma) has been described. Some Lispocephala are known to be specialized predators on Drosophilidae in the Hawaiian Islands.
Species
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