Biology:Lonchoptera
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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,[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 pseudolutea Whittington & Beuk, 2022[11]
- Lonchoptera rava Whittington, 1991[12]
- 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[12]
- Lonchoptera unicolor Dong, Pang & Yang, 2008[3]
- Lonchoptera uniseta Curran, 1934
- Lonchoptera vaillanti Zwick, 2004[13]
- Lonchoptera vesperis Stuckenberg, 1963[5]
The entomologist Andrew E. Whittington in 2024 suggested that the genera Homolonchoptera and Spilolonchoptera are junior synonyms of Lonchoptera giving the genus additional eight species [14], being the following:
- Lonchoptera brevicaudata Dong & Yang, 2013
- Lonchoptera chinica Yang, 1998
- Lonchoptera curtifurcata Yang,1998
- Lonchoptera hainanensis Gao, Zhang & Yang 2021
- Lonchoptera longisetosa Yang & Chen,1998
- Lonchoptera tautineura Yang, 1998
- Lonchoptera yangi Dong & Yang, 2013
- Lonchoptera zhejiangensis Gao,Zhang & Yang 2021
References
- ↑ 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 (London: Royal Entomological Society of London) 10 (2ai): 9.
- ↑ Airy-Shaw, H.K. (1969). "Unusual habitat for Lonchoptera (Dipt., Lonchopteridae) larvae?". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 105: 26.
- ↑ 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 1806: 59–65. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1806.1.4. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/z01806p065f.pdf. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
- ↑ Adams, C.F. (1905). "Diptera Africana". Kansas University Science Bulletin (Kansas University) 3 (6): 149–159?. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.8100. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/8100.
- ↑ 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 26: 129–143. https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA00128789_3012.
- ↑ 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 92 (3–4): 213–231.
- ↑ Joseph, A.N.T.; Parui, P. (1976). "A New Species of Lonchoptera Meigen (Diptera: Lonchopteridae) from India". Oriental Insects (Calcutta: Zoological Survey of India) 10 (2): 291–293. doi:10.1080/00305316.1976.10434910.
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 Andersson, H. (1991). Soós, Á.. ed. Lonchopteridae in Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera. 7. Budapest, Hungary: Hungarian Natural History Museum. pp. 139–142.
- ↑ Smith, K.G.V. (1974). "A striking new species of Lonchoptera (Diptera, Lonchopteridae) from Mount Kinabalu, Borneo". Journal of Natural History 8 (2): 235–237. doi:10.1080/00222937400770211. Bibcode: 1974JNatH...8..235S.
- ↑ Collin, J. E. (1938). "The British species of Lonchoptera (Diptera)". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 74: 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 20: 1–18.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Whittington, A. E. (1991). Two new Afrotropical species of Lonchoptera Meigen (Diptera: Lonchopteridae) (Print). 32. Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. pp. 205–214.
- ↑ Zwick, P. (2004). "Lonchoptera vaillanti sp. nov., a new fly from Switzerland (Diptera: Lonchopteridae)". Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Gessellschaft 77: 133–136.
- ↑ The status of genera in the Lonchopteridae (Diptera), and new records of Lonchoptera from Taiwan Andrew E. Whittington. Zoonova, 38. 2024: [1]
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