| Thrypticus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| 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.2345 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.165
References
References
- Bickel, D. J. (1986). "Thrypticus and an allied new genus, Corindia, from Australia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 38 (3): 135–151. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.38.1986.179.
- "Thrypticus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- "Browse Thrypticus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- "Thrypticus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- "Thrypticus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- Bickel, D. J. (2013). "The family Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of the Pilbara region, Western Australia in its Australasian biogeographic context, with the description of 19 new species" (PDF). Records of the Western Australian Museum. Supplement 83: 291–348. doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.83.2013.291-348.