Lonchaeidae

Lonchaea chorea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tephritoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Muscomorpha Sectio: Schizophora Subsectio: Acalyptrata Superfamilia: Tephritoidea

Familia: Lonchaeidae
Genera: ?Acucula – ?Arctobiella – ?Carpolonchaea – Chaetolonchaea – Dasiops – Earomyia – Fulgenta – Hydrolysa – Lamprolonchaea – Lonchaea – Neosilba – ?Opuntiophaga – Protearomyia – ?Psilolonchaea – Setisquamalonchaea – Silba – Silvestrodasiops – ?Spermatolonchaea

Name

Lonchaeidae Loew, 1861

References

• Fernandes, J.M. & Couri, M.S. 2016. FAMILY LONCHAEIDAE. In Wolff, M.I., Nihei, S.S. & Carvalho, C.J.B. de (eds.), Catalogue of Diptera of Colombia. Zootaxa 4122(1): 566–575. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.45. Reference page. 
• Koçak, A.Ö.; Kemal, M. 2010: Nomenclatural notes on the genus group names of the order Diptera. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara miscellaneous papers, 151: 5–7. Internet Archive
• MacGowan, I. 2005: New species of Lonchaeidae (Diptera) from the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. Studia dipterologica, 12(1): 179–192.
• MacGowan, I. 2014. The Lonchaeidae of Fiji (Diptera: Schizophora). Zootaxa 3814(4): 537–552. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3814.4.6 Reference page. 
• MacGowan, I. 2017. A new genus and species within the tribe Earomyiini (Diptera, Lonchaeidae). Zootaxa 4216(3): 201–224. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4216.3.1. Reference page. 
• MacGowan, I. 2018. Definition of the Lonchaea polyhamata species-group (Diptera, Lonchaeidae) with a description of new species. Zootaxa 4446(3): 325–342. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4446.3.2 Reference page. 
• Ozerov, A.L. & Krivosheina, M.G. 2017. Biology and immature stages of a lonchaeid fly, Earomyia crystallophila (Becker, 1895) (Diptera, Lochaeidae), developing in stems of Veratrum album L. Zootaxa 4291(2): 396–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4291.2.12. Reference page. 
• Zhang, T-T., Liu, F., MacGowan, I. & Xue, M. 2017. A new species of Chaetolonchaea Czerny (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) from China, a larval pest on chives. Zootaxa 4250(4): 358–366. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4250.4.6. Reference page. 
• MacGowan, I. 2023. World Catalogue of the family Lonchaeidae (Diptera, Cyclorrhapha, Acalyptratae). Zootaxa 5307(1): 1–96. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5307.1.1. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: lance flies
日本語: クロツヤバエ科

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