Pelecorhynchus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Pelecorhynchidae
- Genus
- Pelecorhynchus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Pelecorhynchus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Pelecorhynchus
Pelecorhynchus is a genus of flies in 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.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Pelecorhynchus albolineatus
- Pelecorhynchus biguttatus
- Pelecorhynchus elegans
- Pelecorhynchus eristaloides
- Pelecorhynchus flavipennis
- Pelecorhynchus fulvus
- Pelecorhynchus fusconiger
- Pelecorhynchus hualqui
- Pelecorhynchus igniculus
- Pelecorhynchus lineatus
- Pelecorhynchus mackerrasi
- Pelecorhynchus montanus
- Pelecorhynchus nigripennis
- Pelecorhynchus olivei
- Pelecorhynchus toltensis
- Pelecorhynchus vulpes
- Pelecorhynchus xanthopleura