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Diptera Classification
Diptera (2)
Brachycera (7)
Asiloidea (11)
Cyclorrhapha (4)
Phoroidea (3)
Platypezoidea (2)
Schizophora (2)
Syrphoidea (2)
Empidoidea (8)
Nemestrinoidea (2)
Stratiomyomorpha (3)
Tabanomorpha (7)
Xylophagomorpha (1)
Nematocera (7)
Lonchopteridae
Nomenclature
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Unranked: CyclorrhaphaSuperfamily: Phoroidea
Family:
Lonchopteridae
Usage:
valid
Vernacular names:
SUMMARY
Small slender yellowish to brown flies, ranging in length from about 2.0 to 3.8 mm. Head as wide as or wider than thorax; eyes broadly separatated in both sexes. Wing rather long, slender, and somewhat pointed, with characteristic venation that shows sexual dimorphism; in male A1+CuA2 terminating in hind margin of wing; in female A1+CuA2 joining CuA1 and terminating in wing margin as A1+CuA2+CuA1. (Peterson 1987, Barták 1998)
