Pelecorhynchus

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Pelecorhynchus
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The male allotype of Pelecorhynchus fulvus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Pelecorhynchidae
Genus: Pelecorhynchus
Macquart, 1850 [1]
Synonyms

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. [5]

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Distribution

They are mostly known from Australia & Chile.

Species


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References

  1. 1 2 Macquart, P.J.M. (1850). "Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 4e supplement". Mem. Soc. R. Sci. Agric. Arts, Lille. 1849: 309–479, pls. 1-14. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  2. ↑ Philip, C.B. (1941). "Comments on the supra-specific categories of Nearctic Tabanidae". The Canadian Entomologist. 73: 2–14.
  3. ↑ Thomson, C.G. (1869). Diptera. Species nova descripsit. Pp. 443-614, In Kongliga svenska fregatten Eugenies resa omkring jorden under befäl af C. A. Virgin, åren1851-1853. 2 (Zoologi) 1, Insecta. Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Soner. pp. 617 pp., pl. 9.
  4. 1 2 Bigot, J.M.F. (1857). "Diptères nouveaux provenant du Chili". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 5 (3): 277-308. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  5. ↑ "Australian National Insect Collection Database Pelecorhynchidae". CSIRO Australia. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  6. 1 2 Hardy, G.H. (1918). "Notes on Tasmanian Diptera and description of new species, etc". Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1917: 60–66. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 Philippi, Rodolfo Amando (1865). "Aufzahlung der chilenischen Dipteren". Abhandlungen der Zool.-Botan. Gesellschaft in Wien. 15: 595–782. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  8. 1 2 3 Ricardo, G. (1910). "A revision of the genus Pelecorhynchus of the family Tabanidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 5 (8): 402–409. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  9. ↑ Hardy, G.H. (1920). "Notes on flies of the genus Pelecorhynchus (Tabanidae)". Records of the Australian Museum. 13: 33–39.
  10. 1 2 Taylor, F.H. (1918). "Studies in Australian Tabanidae" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 12: 53–70. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
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  12. ↑ Hardy, G.H. (1916). "Notes on Tasmanian Diptera and descriptions of new species, etc". Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1916: 267–272. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Mackerras, I.M.; Fuller, M.E. (1942). "The genus Pelecorhynchus (Diptera, Tabanoidea)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 67: 9–76. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  14. ↑ Hardy, G.H. (1939). "Miscellaneous notes on Australian Diptera. V. On eye-coloration, and other notes". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 64: 34–50. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  15. ↑ Ferguson, E.W. (1921). "New Australian Tabanidae, with notes on previously described species". Proc. R. Soc. Vic. New Series. 33: 1–29.
  16. 1 2 Llanos, L.; González, C.R.; Saldarriaga-Córdoba, M. (2015). "Revision of the New World species of the genus Pelecorhynchus Macquart, 1850 (Diptera: Pelecorhynchidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3955 (2): 188–210. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  17. ↑ Lindner, E. (1925). "Neue exotische Dipteren (Rhagionidae et Tabanidae)" (PDF). Konowia. 4: 20–24. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  18. 1 2 Daniels, G. (1977). "Two new species of Pelecorhynchus Macquart (Diptera: Pelecorhynchidae), with the first record of the family from Western Australia". Australian Entomological Magazine. 4: 73–75.
  19. ↑ Taylor, F.H. (1917). "Australian Tabanidae (Diptera). No. iii". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 42: 513–528. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  20. 1 2 Hardy, G.H. (1933). "Miscellaneous notes on Australian Diptera. I". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 58: 408–420. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  21. ↑ Pechuman, L.L. (1967). "A new Pelecorhynchus from Chile (Diptera: Tabanoidea: Pelecorhychidae)". The Canadian Entomologist. 99: 554–555.
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