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Lispocephala

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Kingdom
  
Order
  
Diptera

Subfamily
  
Scientific name
  
Lispocephala

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Genus

Phylum
  
Family
  
Tribe
  
Higher classification
  
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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

  • L. alma (Meigen, 1826)
  • L. bistriata (Stein, 1908)
  • L. brachialis (RĂ³ndani, 1877)
  • L. erythrocera (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)
  • L. falculata Collin, 1963
  • L. fuscitibia Ringdahl, 1944
  • L. mikii (Strobl, 1893)
  • L. pallipalpis (Zetterstedt, 1845)
  • L. rubricornis (Zetterstedt, 1849)
  • L. spuria (Zetterstedt, 1838)
  • L. ungulata (RĂ³ndani, 1866)
  • L. verna (Fabricius, 1794)
  • References

    Lispocephala Wikipedia


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