Pelecorhynchus

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Pelecorhynchus
Pelecorhynchus fulvus 001.jpg
The male allotype of Pelecorhynchus fulvus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Pelecorhynchidae
Genus: Pelecorhynchus
Macquart, 1850
Species

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Pelecorhynchus is a genus of flies from the family Pelecorhynchidae. The adults mostly feed on nectar of Leptospermum flowers. Larvae have been collected in the damp margins of swamp areas, where they feed on earthworms."Australian National Insect Collection Database Pelecorhynchidae". CSIRO Australia. Retrieved 24 May 2010.

Distribution[]

They are mostly known from Australia.

Species[]

  • Hardy, 1918
  • Ricardo, 1910
  • Hardy, 1920
  • Taylor, 1918
  • (Walker, 1848)
  • Mackerras & Fuller, 1942
  • Hardy, 1939
  • Ferguson, 1921
  • Ricardo, 1910
  • Walker, 1848
  • Hardy, 1918
  • Mackerras & Fuller, 1942
  • Mackerras & Fuller, 1942
  • Mackerras & Fuller, 1942
  • Mackerras & Mackerras, 1953
  • Daniels, 1977
  • Taylor, 1917
  • Hardy, 1916
  • Mackerras & Fuller, 1942
  • Mackerras & Fuller, 1942
  • Mackerras & Fuller, 1942
  • Ricardo, 1910
  • Hardy, 1933
  • Hardy, 1933
  • (Walker, 1848)
  • Mackerras & Fuller, 1942
  • Mackerras & Fuller, 1942
  • Mackerras & Fuller, 1942
  • Mackerras & Fuller, 1942
  • Daniels, 1977
  • Taylor, 1918

References[]

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