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Tachytrechus angustipennis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Dolichopodidae
Genus:	Tachytrechus
Species:	T. angustipennis
Binomial name
Tachytrechus angustipennis Loew, 1862

Tachytrechus angustipennis is a species of long-legged fly in the family Dolichopodidae. 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. Adults inhabit algal mats at Yellowstone National Park. The species is predatory, with their primary prey being Paracoenia eggs and larvae. Males are territorial.

References

1. "Tachytrechus angustipennis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Tachytrechus angustipennis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Tachytrechus angustipennis species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
4. ^ 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.
5. 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. Bibcode:1977Oikos..28..201K. doi:10.2307/3543972. ISSN 0030-1299. JSTOR 3543972. Retrieved 25 August 2022.

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