''Lonchaea chorea'' is a species of
fly
Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwing ...
in the family
Lonchaeidae
The Lonchaeidae are a family of acalyptrate flies commonly known as lance flies. About 500 described species are placed into 9 genera. These are generally small but robustly built flies with blue-black or metallic bodies. They are found, mainly ...
. It is found in the
Palearctic
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[Séguy, E. (1934) ''Diptères: Brachycères''. II. ''Muscidae acalypterae, Scatophagidae''. Paris: Éditions Faune de France 2]
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The larva develops in cow dung.
Description
For terms see Morphology of Diptera
Dipteran morphology differs in some significant ways from the broader morphology of insects. The Diptera is a very large and diverse order of mostly small to medium-sized insects. They have prominent compound eyes on a mobile head, and (at most) ...
.
Long 3–5 mm.
Male interocular space eye twice as wide as the antenna, more narrow in front. Thorax and abdomen shiny black with blue, green or purple reflections. Wings more or less yellow at the base. Squamae with long marginal cilia. Black halteres. Short subdiscoid abdomen.
Female interocular space slightly less wide than the eye. Lunula with white pruinosity. Antenna dark brown and extended to the epistome.
Biology
March–December, on leaves, bushes, shrubs, etc. Larva under old bark, in cow dung, causing decay in beets
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, under the bark of pine with ''Tomicus piniperda
''Tomicus piniperda'', the common pine shoot beetle, is a bark beetle native throughout Europe, northwestern Africa, and northern Asia. It is one of the most destructive shoot-feeding species in northern Europe.J M Davies and C J King (1977) ''P ...
'' under ''Quercus
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably '' ...
'' bark.
Distribution
partial
Throughout Europe, from Ireland Sweden to Spain and Italy. Macedonia. Also Ecuador.
Lonchaea chorea, Deeside, North Wales, July 2011 (17123556397).jpg
File:Lonchaea chorea aedeagus, North Wales, August 2010 (17331005835).jpg, aedeagus
File:Lonchaea - 2016-07-10.webm, video
References
External links
Images representing ''Lonchaea chorea ''
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Methods and use
The most common methods in W ...
Lonchaeidae
Insects described in 1781
Muscomorph flies of Europe
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