Thrypticus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Dolichopodidae |
Subfamily: | Medeterinae |
Genus: |
Thrypticus Gerstäcker, 1864 |
Type species | |
Thrypticus smaragdinus
Gerstäcker, 1864
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Diversity | |
at least 90 species | |
Synonyms | |
Thrypticus is a genus of long-legged flies in the family Dolichopodidae. [1] There are about 90 described species in Thrypticus. [2] [3] [4] [5] All known larvae of the genus are phytophagous stem-miners of plants in the families Cyperaceae, Poaceae, Juncaceae, and Pontederiaceae. Female adults have a strong, pointed ovipositor used to pierce and insert eggs in the stems of the plants. [1] [6] [5]