Lonchopteridae

Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M., Madriz, Isaí, González, Christian R. & Amorim, Dalton De Souza, 2024, An update on the knowledge and general understanding of the Chilean Diptera diversity, Zootaxa 5518 (1), pp. 1-87 : 27

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5518.1.1

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scientific name

Lonchopteridae
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Lonchopteridae View in CoL View at ENA ( Fig. 62 View FIGURES 62–67 )

Lonchopteridae View in CoL comprises 65 species in a single genus, Lonchoptera Meigen ( Whittington & Kirk-Spriggs 2021) View in CoL . For Chile, only L. bifurcata (Fallén) ( Malloch 1932) View in CoL has been recorded, but more species of the genus may be present in the country. Lonchopterids are usually associated with a wide variety of vegetation ranging from deciduous forests to dry grasslands (Martin Ebejer pers. com.). The specimens of L. bifurcata View in CoL known from Chile are all females and parthenogenesis has been well-documented in this genus ( Stalker 1956).

Malloch, J. R. (1932) Rhagionidae, Therevidae, Lonchopteridae. In: Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile based mainly on material in the British Museum (Natural History). Part V. Fascicle 3. British Museum (Natural History), London, pp. 199 - 257.

Stalker, H. D. (1956) On the evolution of parthenogenesis in Lonchoptera (Diptera). Evolution, 10 (4), 345 - 359. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1558 - 5646.1956. tb 02862. x

Whittington, A. E. & Kirk-Spriggs, A. H. (2021) 58. Lonchopteridae (Spear-winged Flies or pointed-winged flies). In: Kirk-Spriggs, A. H. & Sinclair, B. J. (Eds.), Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. Vol. 3. Brachycera - Cyclorrhapha, excluding Calyptratae. Suricata 8. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, pp. 1375 - 1381.

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FIGURES 62–67. Platypezoidea of Chile: (62) Lonchoptera bifurcata (Fallen) (Lonchopteridae, photo by Claudio Maureira); (63) Puyehuemyia chandleri Amorim, Silva & Brown (Opetiidae, photo by Dalton de Souza Amorim); (64) Archiphora cf. patagonica (Schmitz) (Phoridae, photo by Dalton de Souza Amorim); (65) Phorid fly species feed on juices (Phoridae, photo by Claudio Maureira); (66) phorid fly attacking to Camponotus ant. The yellow arrows identify the flies (Phoridae, photo by Patrich Cerpa), and (67) Platypezidae (photo by Matías Gargiulo).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Lonchopteridae