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FAMILY LONCHAEIDAE
Paul L.Th. Beuk and Herman de Jong Version date: 01-09-2024 17:03
Diagnosis. Small to medium-sized (3.0-6.0 mm) and squatty built, shining metallic bluish flies. Head large and hemispherical, lunule broadly exposed. Cell c wide. Halteres black in all species. Abdomen short and broad, flattened dorsoventrally. Female with rigid, piercing-type ovipositor.

Biology. Immature stages of most species live under bark of dead or dying trees or in decomposed wood. Some species of Lonchaeidae are associated with particular tree species. Other species develop in decaying organic material, galls on grasses, in onions, seeds of conifers, or fruits and vegetables.

General references. Chandler (1998b [Dasiops]), Kovalev & Morge (1984 [catalogue]), MacGowan & Rotheray (2000 [Lonchaea]), MacGowan & Rotheray (2008 [keys]), McAlpine (1987a [general, key to genera]), Morge (1967 [key, incomplete and somewhat outdated]).

References to the local fauna. Beuk & Van Zuijlen (1996), Kovalev & Morge (1984), MacGowan (2004), MacGowan & Rotheray (2000), Meuffels (1970).

How to quote this page: Beuk, P.L.Th., & H. de Jong, 2024. Family Lonchaeidae. In: Beuk, P.L.Th. (Ed.): Checklist of the Diptera of the Netherlands, https://diptera-info.nl/news.php?fam=Lonchaeidae (date accessed: 07/12/2025).

NL: 36, 1I, 1? B: 14 D: 34, 1I UK: 46 World: 500
 
LONCHAEIDAE
 
DASIOPINAE
 
  Dasiopini
                 
  Dasiops Rondani, 1856
  = Silvestrodasiops Morge, 1963
  hennigi Morge, 1959 N; first listed by H. de Jong & Beuk (2002a: 226) 
  mucronatus Morge, 1959 N; first listed by H. de Jong & Beuk (2002a: 226) 
  occultus Collin, 1953 N; added by Beuk & Van Zuijlen (1996: 58) 
  perpropinquus Morge, 1959 N; first listed by H. de Jong & Beuk (2002a: 226) 
 
LONCHAEINAE
 
  Earomyiini
                 
  Chaetolonchaea Czerny, 1934
  brevipilosa Czerny, 1934 added by Jacobusse (2017: 84) 
  dasyops (Meigen, 1826) N 
  pallipennis (Zetterstedt, 1855) added by Jacobusse (2017: 84) 
                 
  Earomyia Zetterstedt, 1842
  impossibile Morge, 1959 N; first listed by H. de Jong & Beuk (2002a: 226) 
  netherlandica MacGowan, 2004 N; added by MacGowan (2004: 25) 
  viridana (Meigen, 1826) N 
  = viridiana (Meigen, 1826): incorrect spelling
                 
  Lamprolonchaea Bezzi, 1920
  smaragdi (Walker, 1849) I; first listed by H. de Jong & Beuk (2002a: 227) 
                 
  Protearomyia McAlpine, 1962
  nigra (Meigen, 1826) N 
  = inaequalis (Loew, 1873)
 
  Lonchaeini
                 
  Lonchaea Fallén, 1820
  albigena Collin, 1953 N; first listed by H. de Jong & Beuk (2002a: 227) 
  caledonica MacGowan & Rotheray, 2000 added by MacGowan & Rotheray (2000) 
  = laticornis Meigen, 1826: misident.
  caucasica Kovalev, 1974 N; first listed by H. de Jong & Beuk (2002a: 227) 
  chorea (Fabricius, 1781) N 
  = vaginalis Fallén, 1820
  contigua Collin, 1953 N; first listed by H. de Jong & Beuk (2002a: 227) 
  corusca Czerny, 1934 N; first listed by H. de Jong & Beuk (2002a: 227) 
  fraxina MacGowan & Rotheray, 2000 added by MacGowan & Rotheray (2000) 
  = hirticeps Zetterstedt, 1837: misident.
  fugax Becker, 1895 N; added by Beuk & Van Zuijlen (1996: 58) 
  hackmani Kovalev, 1981 N; first listed by H. de Jong & Beuk (2002a: 227) 
  mallochi MacGowan & Rotheray, 2000 added by MacGowan & Rotheray (2000) 
  = laticornis Meigen, 1826: misident.
  nitens Bigot, 1885 N; first listed by H. de Jong & Beuk (2002a: 227) 
  obscuritarsis Collin, 1953 N; first listed by H. de Jong & Beuk (2002a: 227) 
  palposa Zetterstedt, 1847 N 
  patens Collin, 1953 N; first listed by H. de Jong & Beuk (2002a: 227) 
  peregrina Becker, 1895 N; first listed by H. de Jong & Beuk (2002a: 227) 
  postica Collin, 1953 N; first listed by H. de Jong & Beuk (2002a: 227) 
  scutellaris Rondani, 1874 N; added by Kovalev & Morge (1984: 257) 
  stackelbergi Czerny, 1934 N; first listed by H. de Jong & Beuk (2002a: 227) 
  sylvatica Beling, 1873 N 
  = lucidiventris Becker, 1895
  tarsata Fallén, 1820 N 
  tenuicornis Kovalev, 1976 N; first listed by H. de Jong & Beuk (2002a: 227) 
  ultima Collin, 1953 N; first listed by H. de Jong & Beuk (2002a: 227) 
  zetterstedti Becker, 1902
  = parvicornis Meigen, 1826: misident.
                 
  Silba Macquart, 1851
  = Setisquamalonchaea Morge, 1963 Note 1
  fumosa (Egger, 1862) N; again added as setisquama by Meuffels (1970: 124)  Note 2
  = flavidipennis (Zetterstedt, 1847): misident.
  = setisquama (Czerny, 1934)
 
Doubtful species
 
  Lonchaea Fallén, 1820    
  hirticeps Zetterstedt, 1837   Note 3
 
Notes
Note 1 Synonymisation of Setisquamalonchaea with Silba after MacGowan & Okamoto (2013).
Note 2 Synonymy following MacGowan (2012).
Note 3 For certain identification examination of male genitalia is required. Material examined: ZUID-HOLLAND: Wassenaar (Meijendel, duin [RD 85.7-463.3], 2 [f]: 10-16.v.2000, leg. H.J. Prijs MT [NHMM ALC]).
 
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