Biology:Lispocephala

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Short description: Genus of flies

Lispocephala
Lispocephala alma, Harlech, North Wales, March 2013 (16802527275).jpg
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Lispocephala erythrocera, North Wales, March 2012 (16181105494).jpg
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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

  • 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

  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. 2.0 2.1 2.2 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. 

Wikidata ☰ Q13855839 entry