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Taxonomy of Superfamily Lonchopteroidea Brues & Melander, 1932
Pointed-wing 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
Subnodes of Lonchopteroidea Brues & Melander, 1932
FamilyLonchopteridae
Curtis, 1839
Pointed-wing flies, Pointed-winged Flies
11
121
Genera
Species
GenusAlonchoptera
Grimaldi, 2018
1Species

Synonyms

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Lonchopteroidea
EnglishPointed-wing flies, Spear-winged flies


Distribution and Species lists of Lonchopteroidea Brues & Melander, 1932
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Afghanistan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Angola
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Australia
1 Family  1 Genus  5 Species
Austria
1 Family  1 Genus  2 Species
Belgium
1 Family  1 Genus  5 Species
Canada
1 Family  1 Genus  11 Species
China
1 Family  1 Genus  12 Species
Czech Republic
1 Family  1 Genus  9 Species
Denmark
1 Family  1 Genus  5 Species
Finland
1 Family  1 Genus  9 Species
France
1 Family  1 Genus  7 Species
Germany
1 Families  2 Genera  7 Species
Greece
1 Family  1 Genus  2 Species
Hungary
1 Family  1 Genus  2 Species
Iceland
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
India
1 Family  1 Genus  4 Species
Indonesia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Ireland
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Italy
1 Family  1 Genus  5 Species
Japan
1 Family  1 Genus  7 Species
Kenya
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Latvia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Lebanon
1 Families  2 Genera  2 Species
Luxembourg
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Malaysia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Morocco
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Myanmar
1 Family  1 Genus  9 Species
Netherlands
1 Family  1 Genus  6 Species
New Zealand
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Norway
1 Families  2 Genera  10 Species
Pakistan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
Portugal
1 Family  1 Genus  2 Species
Republic South Africa
1 Family  1 Genus  4 Species
Russia
1 Family  1 Genus  12 Species
Slovakia
1 Family  1 Genus  9 Species
Spain
1 Family  1 Genus  3 Species
Sweden
1 Family  1 Genus  10 Species
Switzerland
1 Family  1 Genus  2 Species
Taiwan
1 Families  2 Genera  3 Species
Uganda
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species
United Kingdom
1 Family  1 Genus  8 Species
USA
1 Family  1 Genus  8 Species
Zimbabwe
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species


Distribution on islands


Found in fossile formations


Links, sources and further information
Lonchopteroidea at artfakta.se
Lonchopteroidea at dyntaxa.se
Lonchopteroidea at gbif.org