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Lonchoptera
Lonchoptera, a genus of spear-winged flies (Lonchopteridae), are tiny to small (2-5mm), slender, yellow to brownish-black bristly Diptera. Their common name refers to their subacute (pointed) wings, which have a distinct and sexually dimorphic venation. The larvae are dorsally flattened, with two pairs of head bristles, and feed on rotting vegetable matter., including in one case brussels sprouts.
41 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Small Grass Fly
speciesLonchoptera bifurcata
Yellow Spear-winged Fly
speciesLonchoptera lutea
Lonchoptera scutellata
speciesLonchoptera scutellata
Lonchoptera tristis
speciesLonchoptera tristis
Lonchoptera uniseta
speciesLonchoptera uniseta
Lonchoptera impicta
speciesLonchoptera impicta
Lonchoptera stackelbergi
speciesLonchoptera stackelbergi
Lonchoptera japonica
speciesLonchoptera japonica
Lonchoptera acinaris
speciesLonchoptera acinaris
Lonchoptera africana
speciesLonchoptera africana
Lonchoptera alexeji
speciesLonchoptera alexeji
Lonchoptera alfhildae
speciesLonchoptera alfhildae
Lonchoptera anderssoni
speciesLonchoptera anderssoni
Lonchoptera annikaae
speciesLonchoptera annikaae
Lonchoptera apicalis
speciesLonchoptera apicalis
Lonchoptera birmanica
speciesLonchoptera birmanica
Lonchoptera birmensis
speciesLonchoptera birmensis
Lonchoptera borealis
speciesLonchoptera borealis
Lonchoptera brunettii
speciesLonchoptera brunettii
Lonchoptera casanova
speciesLonchoptera casanova
Lonchoptera caudala
speciesLonchoptera caudala
Lonchoptera cingulata
speciesLonchoptera cingulata
Lonchoptera elinorae
speciesLonchoptera elinorae
Lonchoptera excavata
speciesLonchoptera excavata
Lonchoptera guptai
speciesLonchoptera guptai
Lonchoptera gutianshana
speciesLonchoptera gutianshana
Lonchoptera hasanica
speciesLonchoptera hasanica
Lonchoptera kamtschatkana
speciesLonchoptera kamtschatkana
Lonchoptera maculata
speciesLonchoptera maculata
Lonchoptera magnifica
speciesLonchoptera magnifica
Lonchoptera malaisei
speciesLonchoptera malaisei
Lonchoptera rava
speciesLonchoptera rava
Lonchoptera transvaalensis
speciesLonchoptera transvaalensis
Lonchoptera vesperis
speciesLonchoptera vesperis
Lonchoptera strobli
speciesLonchoptera strobli
Lonchoptera cata
speciesLonchoptera cata
Lonchoptera nerana
speciesLonchoptera nerana
Lonchoptera nitidifrons
speciesLonchoptera nitidifrons
Lonchoptera tarsulenta
speciesLonchoptera tarsulenta
Lonchoptera hakonensis
speciesLonchoptera hakonensis
Lonchoptera fallax
speciesLonchoptera fallax
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Lonchoptera in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 203418.