''Lipara'' is a genus of
flies in the family
Chloropidae
The Chloropidae are a family of flies commonly known as frit flies or grass flies. About 2000 described species are in over 160 genera distributed worldwide. These are usually very small flies, yellow or black and appearing shiny due to the virtu ...
. Among the Palearctic species, a specific community of bees and wasps make their nests in the galls of chloropid flies. Most frequently, they use the galls induced by ''
Lipara lucens
''Lipara lucens'' is a species of frit fly in the family Chloropidae
The Chloropidae are a family of flies commonly known as frit flies or grass flies. About 2000 described species are in over 160 genera distributed worldwide. These are usuall ...
'' on common reed stems. Some of these aculeate hymenopteran species, such as the digger wasp ''
Pemphredon fabricii
''Pemphredon'' is a genus of digger wasps (Spheciformes) from the family Crabronidae. The genus is common in the Holarctic, 12 species are represented in Europe. Several species are considered beneficial because of their specialization in aphid ...
'' (''
Crabronidae'') or the solitary bee ''
Hylaeus pectoralis Hylaeus may refer to:
*Hylaeus and Rhoecus
Atalanta (; grc-gre, Ἀταλάντη, Atalantē) meaning "equal in weight", is a heroine in Greek mythology.
There are two versions of the huntress Atalanta: one from Arcadia, whose parents were Ia ...
'' (''
Colletidae'') are specialized for nesting in galls induced by Lipara spp. more than a year ago.
Species
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L. lucens''
Meigen, 1830
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L. rufitarsis''
Loew, 1858
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L. pullitarsis''
Doskočil & Chvála, 1971
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L. similis''
Schiner, 1854
Europe
References
Sources
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Oscinellinae
Chloropidae genera
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