Lonchaeoidea
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| Lonchaeoidea | |
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| Wing venation and lateral aspect of head of Lonchaea chorea, family Lonchaeidae | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Suborder: | Brachycera |
| Infraorder: | Muscomorpha |
| Clade: | 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]
