Family LONCHOPTERIDAE Macquart, 1823
Compiler and date details
September 2020 - Dan Bickel, Australian Museum
2007 - R. Johnson, data taken from Evenhuis, N.L. Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions (accessed 2007)
Introduction
Lonchopteridae are a small monogeneric family containing 37 described species. Adults of Lonchoptera are small, slender, brownish or yellowish flies with pointed wings and sexually dimorphic venation. One species is cosmopolitan and parthenogenetic, and is the only species found in Australia. Larvae are found in decaying vegetative matter (Smith 1969).
General References
Smith, K.G.V. 1969. Diptera. Lonchopteridae. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 10(2): 1-9
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |