Pelecorhynchus

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."Australian National Insect Collection Database Pelecorhynchidae". CSIRO Australia. Retrieved 24 May 2010.

Pelecorhynchus
The male allotype of Pelecorhynchus fulvus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Pelecorhynchidae
Genus: Pelecorhynchus
Macquart, 1850
Species

see text

Distribution

They are mostly known from Australia.

Species

  • P. albolineatus Hardy, 1918
  • P. claripennis Ricardo, 1910
  • P. deuqueti Hardy, 1920
  • P. distinctus Taylor, 1918
  • P. eristaloides (Walker, 1848)
  • P. fascipennis Mackerras & Fuller, 1942
  • P. fergusoni Hardy, 1939
  • P. flavipennis Ferguson, 1921
  • P. fulvus Ricardo, 1910
  • P. fusconiger Walker, 1848
  • P. igniculus Hardy, 1918
  • P. interruptus Mackerras & Fuller, 1942
  • P. kippsi Mackerras & Fuller, 1942
  • P. lineatus Mackerras & Fuller, 1942
  • P. lunulatus Mackerras & Mackerras, 1953
  • P. mackerrasi Daniels, 1977
  • P. mirabilis Taylor, 1917
  • P. montanus Hardy, 1916
  • P. nebulosus Mackerras & Fuller, 1942
  • P. nero Mackerras & Fuller, 1942
  • P. niger Mackerras & Fuller, 1942
  • P. nigripennis Ricardo, 1910
  • P. occidens Hardy, 1933
  • P. olivei Hardy, 1933
  • P. personatus (Walker, 1848)
  • P. rubidus Mackerras & Fuller, 1942
  • P. simplex Mackerras & Fuller, 1942
  • P. simplissimus Mackerras & Fuller, 1942
  • P. taeniatus Mackerras & Fuller, 1942
  • P. tigris Daniels, 1977
  • P. tillyardi Taylor, 1918

References

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