Lispe

Lispe
Male Lispe tentaculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Muscidae
Tribe: Limnophorini
Genus: Lispe
Latreille, 1796
Type species
Musca tentaculata
De Geer, 1776[1] Free access icon
Diversity
at least 170 species
Lispe pygmaea

Lispe is a genus of true flies belonging to the family Muscidae.[2]

The adults are predators of small insects. Larvae are also predators, and live in damp sand and mud.[3][4]

  1. ^ Coquillett, D.W. (September 1901). "Types of anthomyid genera". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 9 (3). New York: The New York Entomological Society: 134–146.
  2. ^ D'Assis Fonseca, E.C.M. (1968). Diptera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata: Muscidae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Vol. 10. London.: Royal Entomological Society of London. p. 118.
  3. ^ Gregor, F.; Rozkosny, R.; Bartak, M.; Vanhara, J. (2002). The Muscidae (Diptera) of Central Europe. Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis. Vol. 107. Masaryk.: Masaryk University. p. 280.
  4. ^ Kahanpää, Jere (2007). "Draft Catalogue of Finnish Flies (Diptera: Brachycera)". Archived from the original on 2007-05-03. Retrieved 2008-04-22.