Trichopeza Explained

Trichopeza is a genus of empidoid flies. They are mainly predatory flies like most of their relatives, and generally small to medium-sized, long-legged and large-eyed.

Species

• T. albocincta (Boheman, 1846)^[1]
• T. chaomek (Plant, 2009)^[2]
• T. longicornis (Meigen, 1822)
• T. milleri Smith, 1989^[3]
• T. pia (Plant, 2009)^[2]
• T. taiwanensis Yang & Horvat, 2006^[4]

Notes and References

1. Boheman . C. H. . Entomologiska anteckningar under en resa i norra Skane och sodra Halland ar 1862. . Ofvers. K. Svenska VetenskAkad. Forh. . 1864 . (1863) 20 . 57–85.
2. Plant . Adrian R. . Two new species of Trichopeza Rondani (Diptera: Empidoidea: Brachystomatidae) from northern Thailand with a revised key to world species . Studia dipterologica . 2009 . 15 . 175–184.
3. Smith . K. G. V. . Family Empididae . Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions . 1989 . 382–392 . Apollo Books . 978-0-930897-37-6 .
4. Yang . Ding . Horvat . Bogdan . A New Species of Trichopeza from Taiwan (Diptera: Empididae) . Transactions of the American Entomological Society . 2006 . 132 . 1/2 . 141–144 . 10.3157/0002-8320(2006)132[141:ANSOTF]2.0.CO;2 . 25078922 .