Tachytrechus angustipennis

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Tachytrechus angustipennis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Genus: Tachytrechus
Species:
T. angustipennis
Binomial name
Tachytrechus angustipennis
Loew, 1862

Tachytrechus angustipennis is a species of long-legged fly in the family Dolichopodidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is distributed across the United States, from California and Utah to Washington, D.C., south to Florida, and south to the Neotropical realm. It is also recorded from the Hawaiian Islands. [4] Adults inhabit algal mats at Yellowstone National Park. The species is predatory, with their primary prey being Paracoenia eggs and larvae. Males are territorial. [5]

References

  1. "Tachytrechus angustipennis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Tachytrechus angustipennis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. 1 2 Pollet, Marc A. A.; Brooks, Scott E.; Cumming, Jeffrey M. (2004). "Catalog of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of America North of Mexico". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 2004 (283): 1–114. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2004)283<0001:COTDDO>2.0.CO;2. S2CID   84167833.
  4. Kuenzel, W. J.; Wiegert, R. G. (1977). "Energetics of an Insect Predator, Tachytrechus angustipennis (Diptera). Ecology of Yellowstone Thermal Effluent Systems" . Oikos. 28 (2/3): 201–209. Bibcode:1977Oikos..28..201K. doi:10.2307/3543972. ISSN   0030-1299. JSTOR   3543972 . Retrieved 25 August 2022.