Lonchaeidae

Lonchaeidae
Lonchaea chorea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Superfamily: Lonchaeoidea
Family: Lonchaeidae
Loew, 1861
Genera

Chaetolonchaea
Dasiops
Earomyia
Lamprolonchaea
Lonchaea
Neosilba
Protearomyia
Setisquamalonchaea
Silba

The Lonchaeidae are a family of acalyptrate flies commonly known as lance flies. 610 described species are placed into 10 genera. These are generally small but robustly built flies with blue-black or metallic bodies. They are found, most commonly in wooded areas, throughout the world with the exception of polar regions and New Zealand. Details of the distribution of genera and species by biogeographic realm are included in the World Catalogue of the family Lonchaeidae