Kejval, Zbyněk;Pollet, Marc
Thrypticus
Sign in to saveThrypticus is a genus of long-legged flies in the family Dolichopodidae. There are about 90 described species in Thrypticus. 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.
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Vinony's link graph records 11 inbound references to Thrypticus, and connects out to Animalia, insect and arthropod.
It is catalogued under topics including Dolichopodidae genera, Flies of Africa and Flies of Asia.
Vinony links it to 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 174
- With media
- 3
- Family
- Dolichopodidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, USNM
- Recorded in
- Canada, United States
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- Thrypticus
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Thrypticus is a genus of long-legged flies in the family Dolichopodidae. There are about 90 described species in Thrypticus. 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.
==See also== List of Thrypticus species
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