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Pelecorhynchidae
Pelecorhynchus darwini (female)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Infraorder:	Tabanomorpha
Superfamily:	Tabanoidea
Family:	Pelecorhynchidae Enderlein, 1922
Genera
Pelecorhynchus Macquart, 1850 Glutops Burgess, 1878 Pseudoerinna Shiraki [sv], 1932

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. Other phylogenetic analyses have supported Pelecorhynchidae as a distinct clade from Rhagionidae. 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.

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. 108 (14). PNAS: 5690–5. Bibcode:2011PNAS..108.5690W. 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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