Pelecorhynchidae
Pelecorhynchus darwini (female)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Infraorder: Tabanomorpha
Superfamily: Tabanoidea
Family: Pelecorhynchidae
Enderlein, 1922[1]
Genera

Pelecorhynchidae is a small family of flies. All of the genera were originally placed in the family Rhagionidae, and their elevation to family rank has been controversial.[5] Other phylogenetic analyses have supported Pelecorhynchidae as a distinct clade from Rhagionidae.[6] The adults of Pelecorhynchus mostly feed on nectar of Leptospermum flowers. Larvae have been collected in the damp margins of swamp areas, where they feed on earthworms.[7]

Distribution

The genus Pelecorhynchus is known from Australia and Chile. The genera Glutops and Pseudoerinna are distributed in the Nearctic and eastern Palaearctic.

References

  1. ↑ Enderlein, G. (1922). "Ein neues Tabanidensystem". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 10: 333–351. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  2. ↑ Macquart, P.J.M. (1850). "Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 4e supplement". Mem. Soc. R. Sci. Agric. Arts, Lille. 1849: 309–479, pls. 1-14. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  3. ↑ Burgess, E. (1878). "Two interesting American Diptera, Glutops singularis and Epibates osten-sackenii". Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. (1876-1878) 19: 320–324, 1 pl. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  4. ↑ Shiraki, T. (1932). "Some Diptera in the Japanese Empire, with descriptions of new species". Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa. 22 (3): 487–492.
  5. ↑ B. Stuckenberg (2001). "Pruning the tree: a critical review of classifications of the Homeodactyla (Diptera, Brachycera), with new perspectives and an alternative classification". Studia Dipterologica. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  6. ↑ Wiegmann; et al. (2011). "Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. PNAS. 108 (14): 5690–5. doi:10.1073/pnas.1012675108. PMC 3078341. PMID 21402926.
  7. ↑ "Australian National Insect Collection Database: Pelecorhynchidae". CSIRO Australia. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
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