Lonchoptera

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Muscomorpha
Sectio: Aschiza
Superfamilia: Phoroidea

Familia: Lonchopteridae
Genus: Lonchoptera
Species: L. excavata – L. furcata - L. orientalis - L. pinglongshanensis - L. pipi - L. unicolor

References

Qibiao Dong, Baoping Pang & Ding Yang, 2008, Zootaxa 1806: 59–65 [1]

Lonchoptera is a genus of spear-winged flies (Lonchopteridae). Their common name refers to their subacute (pointed) wings, which have a distinct and sexually dimorphic venation.
Description

Species in Lonchoptera are tiny to small, at 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in), slender, and yellow to brownish-black bristly.

The larvae are dorsally flattened, with two pairs of head bristles, and feed on rotting vegetable matter.,[1] including in one case brussels sprouts.[2]

This genus can be distinguished from other spear-winged flies by several traits:[3]

foreleg tibiae have dorsal setae in the middle
foreleg tarsi thinner than foreleg tibiae
pointed wingtip without apical brown spot.

Species

Species include:

Lonchoptera africana Adams, 1905[4][5]
Lonchoptera alfhildae Andersson, 1971[6]
Lonchoptera anderssoni Joseph & Parui, 1976[7]
Lonchoptera annikaae Andersson, 1971[6]
Lonchoptera apicalis (Okada, 1935)[8]
Lonchoptera barberi Klymko, 2008
Lonchoptera bifurcata (Fallén, 1810)[1][8]
Lonchoptera birmanica Andersson, 1971[6]
Lonchoptera birmensis Andersson, 1971[6]
Lonchoptera casanova Andersson, 1971[6]
Lonchoptera elinorae Andersson, 1971[6]
Lonchoptera excavata Yang & Chen, 1995[3]
Lonchoptera fallax de Meijere, 1906[8]
Lonchoptera hakonensis Matsumura, 1916[8]
Lonchoptera impicta Zetterstedt, 1848[8]
Lonchoptera japonica Matsumura, 1915[8]
Lonchoptera kamtschatkana (Czerny, 1934)[8]
Lonchoptera longiphallus Klymko, 2008
Lonchoptera lutea Panzer, 1809[1][8]
Lonchoptera maculata Smith, 1974[9]
Lonchoptera malaisei Andersson, 1971[6]
Lonchoptera megaloba Klymko, 2008
Lonchoptera meijerei Collin, 1938[1][8][10]
Lonchoptera nerana Vaillant, 1989
Lonchoptera nevadica Vaillant, 1989
Lonchoptera nigrociliata Duda, 1927[1][8]
Lonchoptera nitidifrons Strobl, 1898[1][8]
Lonchoptera occidentalis Curran, 1934
Lonchoptera orientalis (Kertész, 1914)[3][6]
Lonchoptera pictipennis Bezzi, 1899[8]
Lonchoptera pinglongshanensis Dong, Pang & Yang, 2008[3]
Lonchoptera pipi Andersson, 1971[3]
Lonchoptera platytarsis (Okada, 1935)[8]
Lonchoptera rava Whittington, 1991[11]
Lonchoptera sapporensis Matsumura, 1915[8]
Lonchoptera scutellata Stein, 1890[1][8]
Lonchoptera stackelbergi (Czerny, 1934)[8]
Lonchoptera strobli de Meijere, 1906[8]
Lonchoptera transvaalensis Stuckenberg, 1963[5]
Lonchoptera tristis Meigen, 1824[1][8]
Lonchoptera ugandensis Whittington, 1991[11]
Lonchoptera unicolor Dong, Pang & Yang, 2008[3]
Lonchoptera uniseta Curran, 1934
Lonchoptera vaillanti Zwick, 2004[12]
Lonchoptera vesperis Stuckenberg, 1963[5]

References

Smith, K.G.V. (1969). "Lonchopteridae". Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects (Print). London: Royal Entomological Society of London. 10 (2ai): 9.
Airy-Shaw, H.K. (1969). "Unusual habitat for Lonchoptera (Dipt., Lonchopteridae) larvae?". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (Print). Vol. 105. p. 26.
Dong, Qibiao; Pang, Baoping; Yang,Ding (2008). "Lonchopteridae (Diptera) from Guangxi, Southwest China" (PDF Adobe Achrobat). Zootaxa. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1806: 59–65. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
Adams, C.F. (1905). "Diptera Africana". Kansas University Science Bulletin (Print). Kansas University. 3 (6): 149–159?.
Stuckenberg, B. R. (1963). "The genus Lonchoptera Meigen in Southern Africa". Journal of the Entomological Society of South Africa (Print). Pretoria: Entomological Society of South Africa. 26: 129–143.
Andersson, H. (1971). "Eight new species of Lonchoptera from Burma (Dipt., Lonchopteridae)". Entomologisk Tidskrift Årg. Uppsala. Sweden.: The Entomological Society of Sweden. 92 (3–4): 213–231.
Joseph, A.N.T.; Parui, P. (1976). "A New Species of Lonchoptera Meigen (Diptera: Lonchopteridae) from India". Oriental Insects (Print). Calcutta: Zoological Survey of India. 10 (2): 291–293. doi:10.1080/00305316.1976.10434910.
Andersson, H. (1991). Soós, Á.; Papp, L. (eds.). Lonchopteridae in Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. Vol. 7. Budapest, Hungary.: Hungarian Natural History Museum. pp. 139–142.
Smith, K.G.V. (1974). "A striking new species of Lonchoptera (Diptera, Lonchopteridae) from Mount Kinabalu, Borneo". Journal of Natural History (Print). Taylor and Francis Ltd. 8 (2): 235–237. doi:10.1080/00222937400770211. ISSN 0022-2933.
Collin, J. E. (1938). "The British species of Lonchoptera (Diptera)". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (Print). Vol. 74. pp. 60–65.
Whittington, Andrew. E. (1991). Two new Afrotropical species of Lonchoptera Meigen (Diptera: Lonchopteridae) (Print). Vol. 32. Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. pp. 205–214.
Zwick, P. (2004). "Lonchoptera vaillanti sp. nov., a new fly from Switzerland (Diptera: Lonchopteridae)". Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Gessellschaft. Société Entomologique Suisse (The Swiss Entomological Society). 77: 133–136.