Lispe

For the snout moth genus invalidly named Lispe by Treitschke in 1832, see Myelois.

Lispe
Male Lispe tentaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Family:Muscidae
Tribe:Limnophorini
Genus:Lispe
Latreille, 1796
Type species
Musca tentaculata
Diversity
at least 170 species
Lispe pygmaea

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][4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Coquillett, D.W. (1901). "Types of anthomyid genera". Journal of the New York Entomological Society (PDF/ Adobe Acrobat)|format= requires |url= (help). New York: The New York Entomological Society. 9: 134–146. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  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. ↑ 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). "Draft Catalogue of Finnish Flies (Diptera: Brachycera)". Archived from Muscidae the original Check |url= value (help) on 2007-05-03. Retrieved 2008-04-22.


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