Lonchoptera lutea Panzer, 1809
(a pointed-wing fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLonchoptera lutea (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 lutea (a pointed-wing fly) :
1: Lonchoptera lutea (a pointed-wing fly)
20 Jun 2012 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, swept off Red Currant
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - pale backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - pale backgroundImage 3: Male - ventral view - close-up - magnified - pale background
2: Lonchoptera lutea (a pointed-wing fly)
13 May 2012 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
2 females by general sweeping
Image 1: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 2: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 3: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white background (2)Image 4: Female - head, thorax and wing - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 5: Female - lateral view - close-up - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white background
3: Lonchoptera lutea (a pointed-wing fly)
6 May 2012 OSGR: SY68 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, swept off Carex in woodland
Image 1: Male - close-up - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Male - lateral view showing dorsal view of mid-tibia - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Male - lateral view showing ventral and dorsal views of mid-tibiae - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 5: Male - wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 6: Male - wings - magnified - white backgroundImage 7: Male genitalia - ventral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 8: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 9: Male - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white background
4: Lonchoptera lutea (a pointed-wing fly)
4 Oct 2011 OSGR: SO46 52° 20’ N, 2° 50’ W Vice County: Hereford (VC 36) England
female, swept from vegetation around small woodland stream
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 3: Female - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white background (3)Image 4: Female - dorsal view - foreparts - close-up - magnifiedImage 5: Female - lateral view - close-up - magnified - white backgroundImage 6: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 7: Female - ventral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 8: Female - wing - magnified - white backgroundImage 9: Female - head - dorsal view - microscope low magnification - white backgroundImage 10: Female - head - lateral view - microscope low magnification - white background
5: Lonchoptera lutea (a pointed-wing fly)
23 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Two views
6: Lonchoptera lutea (a pointed-wing fly)
23 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
at MV
Image 1: 5 views
7: Lonchoptera lutea (a pointed-wing fly)
7 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: 3 views
8: Lonchoptera lutea (a pointed-wing fly) IDENTIFICATION UNCERTAIN
10 Apr 1972 OSGR: TQ20 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Dark form, on rockery in garden
Image 1: Dark specimen - latero-dorsal view - enlargedImage 2: Dorsal view - enlargedImage 3: Dorsal view - enlarged (2)
9: Lonchoptera lutea (a pointed-wing fly)
10 Apr 1971 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Puparium, on fence paling - reared.
Image 1: Male adult (crippled) - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 2: Male adult (crippled) - ventral view - highly enlargedImage 3: Puparial exuvia - dorsal view - highly enlarged

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

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