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.
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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 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 pseudolutea Whittington & Beuk, 2022[12]
- Lonchoptera rava Whittington, 1991[13]
- 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[13]
- Lonchoptera unicolor Dong, Pang & Yang, 2008[4]
- Lonchoptera uniseta Curran, 1934
- Lonchoptera vaillanti Zwick, 2004[14]
- Lonchoptera vesperis Stuckenberg, 1963[6]
Airy-Shaw, H.K. (1969). "Unusual habitat for Lonchoptera (Dipt., Lonchopteridae) larvae?". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (Print). Vol. 105. p. 26.
Andersson, H. (1971). "Eight new species of Lonchoptera from Burma (Dipt., Lonchopteridae)". Entomologisk Tidskrift. 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). 10 (2). Calcutta: Zoological Survey of India: 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.
Collin, J. E. (1938). "The British species of Lonchoptera (Diptera)". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (Print). Vol. 74. pp. 60–65.
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.
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) Zwick, P. (2004). "Lonchoptera vaillanti sp. nov., a new fly from Switzerland (Diptera: Lonchopteridae)". Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Gessellschaft. 77: 133–136.
