| Lonchaeoidea | |
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| Wing venation and lateral aspect of head of Lonchaea chorea, family Lonchaeidae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Brachycera |
| Infraorder: | Muscomorpha |
| Clade: | Eremoneura |
| Clade: | 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 19722 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
References
- 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.
- Griffiths, G. C. Phylogenetic Classification of Diptera Cyclorrhapha. Publisher: Springer 1972. ISBN 978-9061931188
- S. C Willemstein (1987). An Evolutionary Basis for Pollination Ecology. Brill Archive. pp. 105–. ISBN 978-90-04-08457-5. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
- 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.