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

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

Species include:

  • Lonchoptera africana Adams, 1905[5][6]
  • Lonchoptera alfhildae Andersson, 1971[7]
  • Lonchoptera anderssoni Joseph & Parui, 1976[8]
  • Lonchoptera annikaae Andersson, 1971[7]
  • Lonchoptera apicalis (Okada, 1935)[9]
  • Lonchoptera barberi Klymko, 2008
  • Lonchoptera bifurcata (Fallén, 1810)[2][9]
  • Lonchoptera birmanica Andersson, 1971[7]
  • Lonchoptera birmensis Andersson, 1971[7]
  • Lonchoptera casanova Andersson, 1971[7]
  • Lonchoptera elinorae Andersson, 1971[7]
  • Lonchoptera excavata Yang & Chen, 1995[4]
  • Lonchoptera fallax de Meijere, 1906[9]
  • Lonchoptera hakonensis Matsumura, 1916[9]
  • Lonchoptera impicta Zetterstedt, 1848[9]
  • Lonchoptera japonica Matsumura, 1915[9]
  • Lonchoptera kamtschatkana (Czerny, 1934)[9]
  • Lonchoptera longiphallus Klymko, 2008
  • Lonchoptera lutea Panzer, 1809[2][9]
  • Lonchoptera maculata Smith, 1974[10]
  • Lonchoptera malaisei Andersson, 1971[7]
  • Lonchoptera megaloba Klymko, 2008
  • Lonchoptera meijerei Collin, 1938[2][9][11]
  • Lonchoptera nerana Vaillant, 1989
  • Lonchoptera nevadica Vaillant, 1989
  • Lonchoptera nigrociliata Duda, 1927[2][9]
  • Lonchoptera nitidifrons Strobl, 1898[2][9]
  • Lonchoptera occidentalis Curran, 1934
  • Lonchoptera orientalis (Kertész, 1914)[4][7]
  • Lonchoptera pictipennis Bezzi, 1899[9]
  • Lonchoptera pinglongshanensis Dong, Pang & Yang, 2008[4]
  • Lonchoptera pipi Andersson, 1971[4]
  • Lonchoptera platytarsis (Okada, 1935)[9]
  • Lonchoptera rava Whittington, 1991[12]
  • Lonchoptera sapporensis Matsumura, 1915[9]
  • Lonchoptera scutellata Stein, 1890[2][9]
  • Lonchoptera stackelbergi (Czerny, 1934)[9]
  • Lonchoptera strobli de Meijere, 1906[9]
  • Lonchoptera transvaalensis Stuckenberg, 1963[6]
  • Lonchoptera tristis Meigen, 1824[2][9]
  • Lonchoptera ugandensis Whittington, 1991[12]
  • Lonchoptera unicolor Dong, Pang & Yang, 2008[4]
  • Lonchoptera uniseta Curran, 1934
  • Lonchoptera vaillanti Zwick, 2004[13]
  • Lonchoptera vesperis Stuckenberg, 1963[6]

References

  1. Meigen, J. W. (1803). "Versuch einer neuen Gattungs-Eintheilung der europäischen zweiflügligen Insekten". Magazin für Insektenkunde. 2: 259–281.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Smith, K.G.V. (1969). "Lonchopteridae". Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects (Print). London: Royal Entomological Society of London. 10 (2ai): 9.
  3. Airy-Shaw, H.K. (1969). "Unusual habitat for Lonchoptera (Dipt., Lonchopteridae) larvae?". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (Print). Vol. 105. p. 26.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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). Kansas University. 3 (6): 149–159?. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.8100.
  6. 1 2 3 Stuckenberg, B. R. (1963). "The genus Lonchoptera Meigen in Southern Africa". Journal of the Entomological Society of South Africa (Print). 26: 129–143.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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). Calcutta: Zoological Survey of India. 10 (2): 291–293. doi:10.1080/00305316.1976.10434910.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 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. 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. 1 2 Whittington, Andrew. 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)
  13. Zwick, P. (2004). "Lonchoptera vaillanti sp. nov., a new fly from Switzerland (Diptera: Lonchopteridae)". Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Gessellschaft. 77: 133–136.
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