Lonchoptera

Lonchoptera
Lonchoptera lutea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Lonchopteridae
Genus: Lonchoptera
Meigen, 1803
Type species
Lonchoptera lutea
Panzer, 1809
Synonyms
  • Dipsa Fallén, 1810
  • Lonchopteryx Stephens, 1829 (unjustified emendation)
  • Musidora Meigen, 1800 (suppressed)

Lonchoptera, a genus of spear-winged flies (Lonchopteridae), are tiny to small (2-5mm), slender, yellow to brownish-black bristly Diptera. Their common name refers to their subacute (pointed) wings, which have a distinct and sexually dimorphic venation. 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]

Selected species

  • 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]
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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Smith, K.G.V. (1969). "Lonchopteridae". Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects (Print) (London: Royal Entomological Society of London) 10 (2ai): 9.
  2. ↑ Airy-Shaw, H.K. (1969). "Unusual habitat for Lonchoptera (Dipt., Lonchopteridae) larvae?". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (Print) 105: page 26.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 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 2009-09-17.
  4. ↑ Adams, C.F. (1905). "Diptera Africana". Kansas University Science Bulletin (Print) (Kansas University) 3 (6): 149–159?.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 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.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 Andersson, H. (1991). Soós, Á.; Papp, L., ed. Lonchopteridae in Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera 7. Budapest, Hungary.: Hungarian Natural History Museum. pp. 139–142.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ Collin, J. E. (1938). "The British species of Lonchoptera (Diptera)". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (Print) 74: 60–65.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Whittington, Andrew. E. (1991). Two new Afrotropical species of Lonchoptera Meigen (Diptera: Lonchopteridae) (Print) 32. Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. pp. 205–214.
  12. ↑ 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.
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