| Pelecorhynchus | |
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| The male allotype of Pelecorhynchus fulvus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Pelecorhynchidae |
| Genus: | Pelecorhynchus Macquart, 1850[1] |
| Synonyms | |
Pelecorhynchus is a genus of flies from 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.[5]
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- ^ Philip, C.B. (1941). "Comments on the supra-specific categories of Nearctic Tabanidae". The Canadian Entomologist. 73: 2–14. doi:10.4039/Ent732-1.
- ^ Thomson, C.G. (1869). Diptera. Species nova descripsit. Pp. 443-614, In Kongliga svenska fregatten Eugenies resa omkring jorden under befäl af C. A. Virgin, åren1851-1853. 2 (Zoologi) 1, Insecta. Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Soner. pp. 617 pp., pl. 9.
- ^ Bigot, J.M.F. (1857). "Diptères nouveaux provenant du Chili". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 5 (3): 277–308. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "Australian National Insect Collection Database Pelecorhynchidae". CSIRO Australia. Retrieved 24 May 2010.