Pelecorhynchus
Sign in to savePelecorhynchus is a genus of flies in the family Pelecorhynchidae. The adults mostly feed on nectar of Leptospermum flowers. Larvae have been collected in the damp margins of swamp areas, where they feed on earthworms.
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Vinony's link graph records 5 inbound references to Pelecorhynchus, and connects out to Animalia, insect and arthropod.
Vinony files it under Brachycera genera, Flies of Australasia and Flies of South America.
Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 97
- Family
- Rhagionidae
- Collections
- USNM, AM
- Recorded in
- Chile, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pelecorhynchidae
- Image
- Pelecorhynchus fulvus 001.jpg
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- taxon name
- Pelecorhynchus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Pelecorhynchus
- Commons category
- Pelecorhynchus
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Distribution
- Species
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Pelecorhynchus is a genus of flies in the family Pelecorhynchidae. The adults mostly feed on nectar of Leptospermum flowers. Larvae have been collected in the damp margins of swamp areas, where they feed on earthworms.
==Distribution== They are mostly known from Australia & Chile.
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