| Lispe | |
|---|---|
| Male Lispe tentaculata | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Muscidae |
| Tribe: | Limnophorini |
| Genus: | Lispe Latreille, 1796 |
| Type species | |
| Musca tentaculata | |
| Diversity | |
| at least 170 species | |
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]
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