Lonchoptera Meigen, 1803
(pointed-wing flies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Lonchoptera bifurcata
a pointed-wing fly
(Click to open)Female (Click to open)
 		Species 19 images
Lonchoptera lutea
a pointed-wing fly
Female (Click to open) (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Species 37 images
Lonchoptera scutellata
a pointed-wing fly
Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Species 11 images
Lonchoptera (unidentified)
Unidentified Pointed-wing Flies
Larva (Click to open)
 		Unidentified 9 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusLonchoptera (pointed-wing flies)
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)

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

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