Lispe

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

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
Tribe: Limnophorini
Genus: Lispe
Latreille, 1796
Type species
Musca tentaculata
Diversity
at least 170 species
Lispe pygmaea

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.
  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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