Lonchoptera

Lonchoptera
Lonchoptera lutea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Lonchopteridae
Genus: Lonchoptera
Meigen, 1803[1]
Type species
Lonchoptera lutea
Panzer, 1809
Synonyms
  • Dipsa Fallén, 1810
  • Lonchopteryx Stephens, 1829 (unjustified emendation)
  • Musidora Meigen, 1800 (suppressed)

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

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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,[2] including in one case brussels sprouts.[3]

This genus can be distinguished from other spear-winged flies by several traits:[4]

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

Species

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Species include:

References

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  1. ^ Meigen, J. W. (1803). "Versuch einer neuen Gattungs-Eintheilung der europäischen zweiflügligen Insekten". Magazin für Insektenkunde. 2: 259–281.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Smith, K.G.V. (1969). "Lonchopteridae". Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects (Print). 10 (2ai). London: Royal Entomological Society of London: 9.
  3. ^ Airy-Shaw, H.K. (1969). "Unusual habitat for Lonchoptera (Dipt., Lonchopteridae) larvae?". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (Print). Vol. 105. p. 26.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Dong, Qibiao; Pang, Baoping; Yang,Ding (2008). "Lonchopteridae (Diptera) from Guangxi, Southwest China" (PDF Adobe Achrobat). Zootaxa. 1806: 59–65. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1806.1.4. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
  5. ^ Adams, C.F. (1905). "Diptera Africana". Kansas University Science Bulletin (Print). 3 (6). Kansas University: 149–159?. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.8100.
  6. ^ a b c Stuckenberg, B. R. (1963). "The genus Lonchoptera Meigen in Southern Africa". Journal of the Entomological Society of South Africa (Print). 26: 129–143.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h Andersson, H. (1971). "Eight new species of Lonchoptera from Burma (Dipt., Lonchopteridae)". Entomologisk Tidskrift. 92 (3–4): 213–231.
  8. ^ Joseph, A.N.T.; Parui, P. (1976). "A New Species of Lonchoptera Meigen (Diptera: Lonchopteridae) from India". Oriental Insects (Print). 10 (2). Calcutta: Zoological Survey of India: 291–293. doi:10.1080/00305316.1976.10434910.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r 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.
  10. ^ Smith, K.G.V. (1974). "A striking new species of Lonchoptera (Diptera, Lonchopteridae) from Mount Kinabalu, Borneo". Journal of Natural History (Print). 8 (2): 235–237. Bibcode:1974JNatH...8..235S. doi:10.1080/00222937400770211.
  11. ^ Collin, J. E. (1938). "The British species of Lonchoptera (Diptera)". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (Print). Vol. 74. pp. 60–65.
  12. ^ Whittington, A. E.; Beuk, P. L. T. (2022). "A description of a new species of Western Palaearctic Lonchoptera Meigen (Diptera, Lonchopteridae) from Georgia". ZooNova (Print). Vol. 20. pp. 1–18.
  13. ^ a b Whittington, A. E. (1991). Two new Afrotropical species of Lonchoptera Meigen (Diptera: Lonchopteridae) (Print). Vol. 32. Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. pp. 205–214.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  14. ^ Zwick, P. (2004). "Lonchoptera vaillanti sp. nov., a new fly from Switzerland (Diptera: Lonchopteridae)". Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Gessellschaft. 77: 133–136.