Tachytrechus angustipennis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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]