Lonchaeoidea

Lonchaeoidea
Wing venation and lateral aspect of head of Lonchaea chorea, family Lonchaeidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Brachycera
Infraorder:	Muscomorpha
(unranked):	Eremoneura
(unranked):	Cyclorrhapha
Section:	Schizophora
Subsection:	Acalyptratae
Superfamily:	Lonchaeoidea G. C. Griffiths, 1972

The Lonchaeoidea are a superfamily of generally small or very small black flies with large heads. It contains two families, the Lonchaeidae (lance flies)^[1] and the Cryptochetidae. The superfamily was established by G. C. Griffiths in 1972^[2] and came into general use as such.^[3]

Characteristics of the Lonchaeoidea include antennae with the second segment cleft, and not more than one proclinate orbital bristle on each side. The frons is densely setulose.^[4]

References

1. Jogeir N. Stokland; Juha Siitonen; Bengt Gunnar Jonsson (26 April 2012). Biodiversity in Dead Wood. Cambridge University Press. pp. 47–. ISBN 978-0-521-88873-8. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
2. Griffiths, G. C. Phylogenetic Classification of Diptera Cyclorrhapha. Publisher: Springer 1972. ISBN 978-9061931188
3. S. C Willemstein (1987). An Evolutionary Basis for Pollination Ecology. Brill Archive. pp. 105–. ISBN 978-90-04-08457-5. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
4. Richards, O. W.; Davies, R.G. (1977). Imms' General Textbook of Entomology: Volume 1: Structure, Physiology and Development Volume 2: Classification and Biology. Berlin: Springer. ISBN 0-412-61390-5.