Lonchoptera bifurcata (Fallén, 1810)
(a pointed-wing fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLonchoptera bifurcata (a pointed-wing fly)
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)
Records of Lonchoptera bifurcata (a pointed-wing fly) :
1: Lonchoptera bifurcata (a pointed-wing fly)
31 Jul 2013 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, swept from waterside vegetation
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 4: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 5: Female - wing - microscope low magnification - white background
2: Lonchoptera bifurcata (a pointed-wing fly)
24 Oct 2011 OSGR: SU86 51° 20’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
swept from Typha over small stream
Image 1: Female - body and legs - close-up - magnifiedImage 2: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Female - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Female - middle legs - magnifiedImage 5: Female - middle legs - magnified (2)
3: Lonchoptera bifurcata (a pointed-wing fly)
11 Jul 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Puparium on dead umbellifer stem
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - head & thorax - lateral - close-upImage 3: Female - head - dorsal - close-upImage 4: Female - lateral viewImage 5: Puparial exuvia - dorsalImage 6: Puparial exuvia - lateralImage 7: PupariumImage 8: Puparium - head - close-upImage 9: Puparium - tail - close-up

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

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