Lonchoptera

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.

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)

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]
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

References
  1. 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). Vol. 105. p. 26.
  3. 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.
  4. Adams, C.F. (1905). "Diptera Africana". Kansas University Science Bulletin (Print). Kansas University. 3 (6): 149–159?.
  5. 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. 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. Andersson, H. (1991). Soós, Á.; Papp, L. (eds.). 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). Vol. 74. pp. 60–65.
  11. 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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