Lispocephala is a very large genus of true flies of the family Muscidae.[1][2]
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| Lispocephala_alma | |
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| Lispocephala_erythrocera | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Muscidae |
| Subfamily: | Coenosiinae |
| Tribe: | Coenosiini |
| Genus: | Lispocephala Pokorny, 1893 |
| Type species | |
| Anthomyia alma Meigen, 1826
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Description
editfrons are broad in both sexes. There are two orbital setae and two frontal setae on each fronta-orbital plate.[2]
Biology
editThe biology of the genus is, at present unknown, only a pupa of one species (L. alma) has been described.[2] Some Lispocephala are known to be specialized predators on Drosophilidae in the Hawaiian Islands.[3]
Species
edit- L. alma (Meigen, 1826)
- L. bistriata (Stein, 1908)
- L. brachialis (Rondani, 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 (Rondani, 1866)
- L. verna (Fabricius, 1794)
References
edit- ^ D'Assis Fonseca, E.C.M. (1968). Diptera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata: Muscidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10. London.: Royal Entomological Society of London. pp. 118pp.
- ^ a b c Gregor, F.; Rozkosny, R.; Bartak, M.; Vanhara, J. (2002). The Muscidae (Diptera) of Central Europe. Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis. Vol. 107. Masaryk.: Masaryk University. pp. 280pp.
- ^ Spieth, Herman T. "Behavioral Characteristics of Hawaiian Drosophila".
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