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

Lonchopteridae ( Fig. 62 )

Lonchopteridae comprises 65 species in a single genus, Lonchoptera Meigen ( Whittington & Kirk-Spriggs 2021) . For Chile, only L. bifurcata (Fallén) ( Malloch 1932) 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 known from Chile are all females and parthenogenesis has been well-documented in this genus ( Stalker 1956).

Figures

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).