Lonchaea Fallén, 1820

Macgowan, Iain & Tschirnhaus, Michael Von, 2024, Records of Lonchaeidae (Diptera, Cyclorrhapha) from Togo and other African countries, with descriptions of new species, Zootaxa 5514 (1), pp. 1-27 : 18

Lonchaea Fallén, 1820

Lonchaea arrogata McAlpine, 1964 : ( Lonchaea ). Région des Plateaux: Badou , town edge, hotel “Abuta”, 7.5833N 0.6055E, 23.4– 25.4.2008, leg. Menzel, Oehlke & Tschirnhaus, 1♂ .

This species occurs in several countries across central Africa. Lonchaea arrogata belongs to the Lonchaea impressifrons Bezzi, 1920 species-group within which species can only be identified by examination of the male genitalia.

Lonchaea enderleini McAlpine, 1960 : secondary homonym of L. caerulea Walker (1849: 1004) .

coeruleus ( Enderlein, 1927: 106) ( Mastigimas ).

Région des Plateaux : Zogbégan , Ortsteil Zogbégan-Carriére (SE of Badou), at river/creek Elèbè, 7.5805N 0.6675E, 650 m a.s.l., cocoa-plantation, remains of secondary rainforest, dense bank vegetation, mud and sparsely running water, dead wood, Malaise trap, leg. Menzel, Ssymank & Tschirnhaus, 21– 26.4.2008, 1♀ . Région des Plateaux : N of Kessibo-Wawa, at the border to Ghana (N of Badou), at river Wawa, 7.703N 0.5905E, 180m a.s.l., forest understory, cocoa plantation, and sun exposed vegetable fields, some Cyperaceae , 24.4.200 8, leg. M. Tschirhaus, 1♂ . Région des Plateaux : Manma-Kopé N of Gbadi Nkougna (SE of Badou), 7.450N 0.6997E, 660m, plantation (coffee, oilpalm, acacia), swept above saw dust, 25.4.200 8, leg. M. Tschirhaus, 1♀ .

Previously known from Cameroon and Democratic Republic of Congo.

Lonchaea togoensis ( Enderlein, 1927) : ( Mastigimas ). Bismarckburg, 1890’s, 1♀. Only known from Togo from the 1890’s record ( Enderlein, 1927) but also more recently recorded from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ivory Coast.