Lispocephala

Lispocephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Muscidae
Subfamily: Coenosiinae
Tribe: Coenosiini
Genus: Lispocephala
Pokorny, 1893
Type species
Anthomyia alma
Meigen, 1826

Lispocephala is a very large genus of true flies of the family Muscidae.[1][2]

Description

frons are broad in both sexes. There are two orbital setae and two frontal setae on each fronta-orbital plate.[2]

Biology

The 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

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References

  1. 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. pp. 118pp.
  2. 1 2 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. pp. 280pp.
  3. Spieth, Herman T. "Behavioral Characteristics of Hawaiian Drosophila".


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