LONCHOPTERIDAE
(pointed-wing flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
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Lonchoptera
pointed-wing flies
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 		Genus 4 subtaxa 76 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyLONCHOPTERIDAE (pointed-wing flies)
SuperfamilyLONCHOPTEROIDEA (pointed-wing flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Smith, K.G.V. 1969 Diptera: Lonchopteridae Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol X. Part 2(ai), 9pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

LONCHOPTERIDAE (pointed-wing flies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for LONCHOPTERIDAE (pointed-wing flies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for LONCHOPTERIDAE (pointed-wing flies)
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