Lonchopteridae (Curtis 1839), Pointed-wing flies ⇒ Taxonomy and Distribution of Family

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Taxonomy of Family Lonchopteridae Curtis, 1839
Pointed-wing flies, Pointed-winged Flies, Spear winged flies, Spear-winged flies

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	4179 190570 2444470	Families Genera Species
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	3816 189502 2439455	Families Genera Species
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	3399 186457 2415487	Families Genera Species
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	1891 142849 2048615	Families Genera Species
Order	Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies	412 22844 306890	Families Genera Species
Suborder	Brachycera Macquart, 1834 Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies	178 15959 203753	Families Genera Species
Infraorder	Muscomorpha Woodley, 1989	126 11579 137184	Families Genera Species
Section	Schizophora Becher, 1882	116 10251 111672	Families Genera Species
Subsection	Acalyptratae Macquart, 1835 Acalyptrate muscoids	90 4222 56473	Families Genera Species
Superfamily	Lonchopteroidea Brues & Melander, 1932 Pointed-wing flies, Spear-winged flies	1 12 122	Family Genera Species
Family	Lonchopteridae Curtis, 1839 Pointed-wing flies, Pointed-winged Flies	11 121	Genera Species

Subnodes of Lonchopteridae Curtis, 1839

Genus	Dipsa Fallen, 1810 ⇒ Lonchopteryx	2	Species
Genus	Homolonchoptera	1	Species
Genus	Lonchoptera Meigen, 1803 Grass fly	96	Species
Genus	Lonchopterites ♰ Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999	2	Species
Genus	Lonchopteromorpha ♰ Grimaldi & Cumming, 1999	1	Species
Genus	Lonchopteryx Meigen, 1803 ⇒ Lonchoptera	1	Species
Genus	Loncoptera Rondani, 1856 ⇒ Lonchoptera	0	Species
Genus	Musidora Meigen, 1800 ⇒ Lonchopteryx	6	Species
Genus	Neolonchoptera Vaillant, 1989	1	Species
Genus	Spilolonchoptera	7	Species
Genus	Spilonchoptera Yang, 1998	4	Species

Synonyms

Lonchopteroidea (Brues & Melander, 1932)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Lonchopteridae

German	Lanzenfliegen
English	Pointed-wing flies, Pointed-winged Flies, Spear winged flies, Spear-winged flies
Dutch	Speervleugelvliegen
Danish	Spidsvingefluer
Swedish	Spjutvingeflugor
Finnish	Otakärpäset
Norwegian	Spissvingefluer

Distribution and Species lists of Lonchopteridae Curtis, 1839

Distribution on islands

Alnön
1 Genus  1 SpeciesAzores
1 Genus  1 SpeciesHebrides
1 Genus  2 SpeciesLa Graciosa
1 Genus  1 SpeciesMacaronesia
1 Genus  2 SpeciesNorthern Isles
1 Genus  1 SpeciesOrkney Islands
1 Genus  1 SpeciesOuter Hebrides
1 Genus  2 SpeciesUist
1 Genus  2 SpeciesVancouver Island
1 Genus  2 Species

Found in fossile formations

Much Wenlock Limestone Formation
1 Genus 2 Species

Lonchopteridae (Curtis 1839)

Links, sources and further information

Lonchopteridae at artfakta.se
Lonchopteridae at dyntaxa.se
Lonchopteridae at gbif.org
Lonchopteridae at irmng.org
Lonchopteridae at itis.gov
Lonchopteridae at marinespecies.org