Pelecorhynchus is a genus of flies in the family Pelecorhynchidae. The adults mostly feed on nectar of Leptospermum flowers. Larvae have been collected in the damp margins of swamp areas, where they feed on earthworms.
Distribution
They are mostly known from Australia & Chile.
Species
- Pelecorhynchus albolineatus <small>Hardy, 1918</small>
- Pelecorhynchus biguttatus <small>(Philippi, 1865)</small>
- Pelecorhynchus claripennis <small>Ricardo, 1910</small>
- Pelecorhynchus deuqueti <small>Hardy, 1920</small>
- Pelecorhynchus distinctus <small>Taylor, 1918</small>
- Pelecorhynchus elegans <small>(Philippi, 1865)</small>
- Pelecorhynchus eristaloides <small>(Walker, 1848)</small>
- Pelecorhynchus eristaloides var. montanus <small>Hardy, 1916</small>
- Pelecorhynchus fascipennis <small>Mackerras & Fuller, 1942</small>
- Pelecorhynchus fergusoni <small>Hardy, 1939</small>
- Pelecorhynchus flavipennis <small>Ferguson, 1921</small>
- Pelecorhynchus fulvus <small>Ricardo, 1910</small>
- Pelecorhynchus fusconiger <small>(Walker, 1848)</small>
- Pelecorhynchus hualqui <small>Llanos & González, 2015</small>
- Pelecorhynchus igniculus <small>Hardy, 1918</small>
- Pelecorhynchus interruptus <small>Mackerras & Fuller, 1942</small>
- Pelecorhynchus kippsi <small>Mackerras & Fuller, 1942</small>
- Pelecorhynchus kroeberi <small>(Lindner, 1925)</small>
- Pelecorhynchus lineatus <small>Mackerras & Fuller, 1942</small>
- Pelecorhynchus longicauda <small>(Bigot, 1857)</small>
- Pelecorhynchus lunulatus <small>Mackerras & Fuller, 1953</small>
- Pelecorhynchus mackerrasi <small>Daniels, 1977</small>
- Pelecorhynchus mirabilis <small>Taylor, 1917</small>
- Pelecorhynchus nebulosus <small>Mackerras & Fuller, 1942</small>
- Pelecorhynchus nero <small>Mackerras & Fuller, 1942</small>
- Pelecorhynchus niger <small>Mackerras & Fuller, 1942</small>
- Pelecorhynchus nigripennis <small>Ricardo, 1910</small>
- Pelecorhynchus occidens <small>Hardy, 1933</small>
- Pelecorhynchus olivei <small>Hardy, 1933</small>
- Pelecorhynchus penai <small>Pechuman, 1967</small>
- Pelecorhynchus personatus <small>(Walker, 1848)</small>
- Pelecorhynchus rubidus <small>Mackerras & Fuller, 1942</small>
- Pelecorhynchus simplex <small>Mackerras & Fuller, 1942</small>
- Pelecorhynchus simplissimus <small>Mackerras & Fuller, 1942</small>
- Pelecorhynchus taeniatus <small>Mackerras & Fuller, 1942</small>
- Pelecorhynchus tigris <small>Daniels, 1977</small>
- Pelecorhynchus tillyardi <small>Taylor, 1918</small>
- Pelecorhynchus toltensis <small>Llanos & González, 2015</small>
- Pelecorhynchus vulpes <small>(Macquart, 1850)</small>
- Pelecorhynchus xanthopleura <small>(Philippi, 1865)</small>
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