Tachytrechus angustipennis
| Tachytrechus angustipennis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Dolichopodidae |
| Genus: | Tachytrechus |
| Species: | T. angustipennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Tachytrechus angustipennis Loew, 1862
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Tachytrechus angustipennis is a species of long-legged fly in the family Dolichopodidae.[1][2][3][4] It is distributed across the United States, from California and Utah to Washington, D.C., south to Florida, and south to the Neotropical realm. It is also recorded from the Hawaiian Islands.[4] Adults inhabit algal mats at Yellowstone National Park. The species is predatory, with their primary prey being Paracoenia eggs and larvae. Males are territorial. [5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Tachytrechus angustipennis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Tachytrechus angustipennis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Tachytrechus angustipennis species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ a b Pollet, Marc A. A.; Brooks, Scott E.; Cumming, Jeffrey M. (2004). "Catalog of the Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of America North of Mexico". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 2004 (283): 1–114. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2004)283<0001:COTDDO>2.0.CO;2. S2CID 84167833.
- ^ Kuenzel, W. J.; Wiegert, R. G. (1977). "Energetics of an Insect Predator, Tachytrechus angustipennis (Diptera). Ecology of Yellowstone Thermal Effluent Systems". Oikos. 28 (2/3): 201–209. doi:10.2307/3543972. ISSN 0030-1299. JSTOR 3543972. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
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