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Lonchopteridae

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Nomenclature

  • Unranked: Cyclorrhapha
    Superfamily: Phoroidea
Family:
Lonchopteridae
Usage: 
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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)

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