Trichopeza

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Trichopeza
Trichopeza longicornis, Trawscoed, North Wales, May 2014 (16717915950).jpg
Trichopeza longicornis North Wales
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Empididae
Subfamily: Trichopezinae
Genus: Trichopeza
Róndani, 1856
Type species
Brachystoma longicornis
Meigen, 1822 [1]

Trichopeza is a genus of empidoid flies. They are mainly predatory flies like most of their relatives, and generally small to medium-sized, long-legged and large-eyed.

Species

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References

  1. 1 2 Meigen, J. W. (1822). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. v. 3. Hamm: Dritter Theil. Schulz-Wundermann. pp. x, 416, pls. 22–32. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  2. ↑ Boheman, C. H. (1864). "Entomologiska anteckningar under en resa i norra Skane och sodra Halland ar 1862". Ofvers. K. Svenska VetenskAkad. Forh. (1863) 20: 57–85.
  3. 1 2 Plant, Adrian R. (2009). "Two new species of Trichopeza Rondani (Diptera: Empidoidea: Brachystomatidae) from northern Thailand with a revised key to world species". Studia dipterologica. 15: 175–184.
  4. ↑ Smith, K. G. V. (1989). "Family Empididae". Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. Apollo Books: 382–392. ISBN   978-0-930897-37-6.
  5. ↑ Yang, Ding; Horvat, Bogdan (2006). "A New Species of Trichopeza from Taiwan (Diptera: Empididae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 132 (1/2): 141–144. doi:10.3157/0002-8320(2006)132[141:ANSOTF]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR   25078922.
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