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Lonchoptera
Sign in to saveLonchoptera is a genus of spear-winged flies (Lonchopteridae). Their common name refers to their subacute (pointed) wings, which have a distinct and sexually dimorphic venation.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 234
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Lonchopteridae
- Collections
- CHAS, UAM, KU, MCGILL UNIVERSITY
- Recorded in
- United States, Belgium, Poland, Austria, France
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Lonchopteridae
- Image
- Lonchoptera.lutea.-.lindsey.jpg
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- diurnality
- taxon name
- Lonchoptera
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Lonchoptera
- Commons category
- Lonchoptera
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Species
- References
Lonchoptera is a genus of spear-winged flies (Lonchopteridae). Their common name refers to their subacute (pointed) wings, which have a distinct and sexually dimorphic venation.
==Description== Species in Lonchoptera are tiny to small, at , slender, and yellow to brownish-black bristly.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lonchoptera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.