''Thrypticus'' is a genus of long-legged flies in the family Dolichopodidae. There are about 90 described species in ''Thrypticus''. All known larvae of the genus are phytophagous stem-miners of plants in the families

Cyperaceae The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' w ...

Poaceae Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns an ...

, Juncaceae, and

Pontederiaceae Pontederiaceae is a family of flowering plants. The APG IV system of 2016 (unchanged from the APG III system of 2009, the APG II system of 2003 and the APG system of 1998) places the family in the order Commelinales, in the commelinid clade, in ...

. Female adults have a strong, pointed

ovipositor The ovipositor is a tube-like organ used by some animals, especially insects, for the laying of eggs. In insects, an ovipositor consists of a maximum of three pairs of appendages. The details and morphology of the ovipositor vary, but typical ...

used to pierce and insert eggs in the stems of the plants.

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Medeterinae Dolichopodidae genera Diptera of Australasia Taxa named by Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker {{Dolichopodidae-stub

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