Lispe

{{Short description|Genus of flies}}

{{For|the snout moth genus|Myelois}}

{{Not to be confused with|Lisp}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Lispe tentaculata male - 2012-05-31.ogv

| image_caption = Male Lispe tentaculata

| taxon = Lispe

| authority = Latreille, 1796

| diversity_link = List of Lispe species

| diversity = at least 170 species

| type_species = Musca tentaculata

| type_species_authority = De Geer, 1776{{cite journal

| last = Coquillett

| first = D.W.

| date =September 1901

| title = Types of anthomyid genera

| journal = Journal of the New York Entomological Society

| volume = 9

|issue=3

|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25002949

| pages = 134–146

| publisher = The New York Entomological Society

| location = New York

| jstor = 25002949

| author-link = Daniel William Coquillett

}} {{free access}}

}}

File:Lispe pygmaea.jpg

Lispe is a genus of true flies belonging to the family Muscidae.{{cite book|author=D'Assis Fonseca, E.C.M.|year=1968 |title=Diptera Cyclorrhapha Calyptrata: Muscidae |pages=118|publisher=Royal Entomological Society of London|series= Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects|volume= 10|location= London.}}

The adults are predators of small insects. Larvae are also predators, and live in damp sand and mud.{{cite book|author1=Gregor, F. |author2=Rozkosny, R. |author3=Bartak, M. |author4=Vanhara, J. |year=2002 |title=The Muscidae (Diptera) of Central Europe|pages=280|publisher=Masaryk University|series= Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykianae Brunensis|volume= 107|location= Masaryk.}}{{cite web | first = Jere | last = Kahanpää | title = Draft Catalogue of Finnish Flies (Diptera: Brachycera) | url = http://www.elisanet.fi/~d625473/diptera/list/online/node95.html | year = 2007 | accessdate = 2008-04-22 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070503034713/http://www.elisanet.fi/~d625473/diptera/list/online/node95.html | archivedate = 2007-05-03 }}