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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Aschiza » Pointed-winged Flies (Lonchopteridae) » Lonchoptera

Genus Lonchoptera

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Small fly - Lonchoptera bifurcata - female Fly - Lonchoptera bifurcata - female Small Orangish Fly - Lonchoptera bifurcata - female Small Orangish Fly - Lonchoptera bifurcata - female Fly in grass - Lonchoptera bifurcata - female Pointed-winged Fly - Lonchoptera - female Pointed-Wing Fly - Lonchoptera bifurcata Pointed-winged Fly - Lonchoptera bifurcata - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Aschiza)
Family Lonchopteridae (Pointed-winged Flies)
Genus Lonchoptera
Other Common Names
spear-winged flies
Numbers
The four described American species of Lonchoptera are L. uniseta, L. borealis, L. furcata, and L. occidentalis.
Life Cycle
L. furcata is known to be a parthenogenetic species; male specimens of this species are extremely rare.
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 16 February, 2007 - 10:09am
Additional contributions by tom murray
Last updated 27 December, 2007 - 8:20pm

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