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Family of flies From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pelecorhynchidae is a small family of flies. All of the genera were originally placed in the family Rhagionidae, and their elevation to family rank has been controversial.[5] Other phylogenetic analyses have supported Pelecorhynchidae as a distinct clade from Rhagionidae.[6] The adults of Pelecorhynchus mostly feed on nectar of Leptospermum flowers. Larvae have been collected in the damp margins of swamp areas, where they feed on earthworms.[7]
Pelecorhynchidae | |
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Pelecorhynchus darwini (female) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Infraorder: | Tabanomorpha |
Superfamily: | Tabanoidea |
Family: | Pelecorhynchidae Enderlein, 1922[1] |
Genera | |
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The genus Pelecorhynchus is known from Australia and Chile. The genera Glutops and Pseudoerinna are distributed in the Nearctic and eastern Palaearctic.
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