Lispe | |
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Male Lispe tentaculata | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Muscidae |
Subfamily: | Coenosiinae |
Tribe: | Limnophorini |
Genus: |
Lispe Latreille, 1796 |
Type species | |
Musca tentaculata De Geer, 1776 |
Lispe is a genus of true flies, belonging to the family Muscidae.
The adult are predators of small insects. Larvae are also predators, living in damp sand and mud.