Thrypticus

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Thrypticus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Dolichopodidae
Subfamily: Medeterinae
Genus: Thrypticus
Gerstäcker, 1864
Type species
Thrypticus smaragdinus
Diversity
at least 90 species
Synonyms

Thrypticus is a genus of long-legged flies in the family Dolichopodidae. [1] There are about 90 described species in Thrypticus. [2] [3] [4] [5] All known larvae of the genus are phytophagous stem-miners of plants in the families Cyperaceae, Poaceae, Juncaceae, and Pontederiaceae. Female adults have a strong, pointed ovipositor used to pierce and insert eggs in the stems of the plants. [1] [6] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bickel, D. J. (1986). "Thrypticus and an allied new genus, Corindia, from Australia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum . 38 (3): 135–151. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.179.
  2. ↑ "Thrypticus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  3. ↑ "Browse Thrypticus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  4. ↑ "Thrypticus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  5. 1 2 "Thrypticus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  6. ↑ Bickel, D. J. (2013). "The family Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the Pilbara region, Western Australia in its Australasian biogeographic context, with the description of 19 new species" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum . Supplement 83: 291–348. doi: 10.18195/issn.0313-122x.83.2013.291-348 .


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