Lonchaeidae

LONCHAEIDAE Some species have saproxylic larvae, others develop in decomposing vegetable matter and manure. Only three of the 23 species known from Italy have been recorded from Sicily. The species listed below is widespread in Europe and common around the Mediterranean.Published as part of Ebejer, Martin J. & Nicolosi, Giuseppe, 2022, New records of acalyptrate Diptera from Sicily (Brachycera, Muscomorpha: Asteiidae, Aulacigastridae, Carnidae, Lonchaeidae, Odiniidae, Pallopteridae, Periscelididae, Piophilidae, Sciomyzidae, Ulidiidae), pp. 101-104 in Fragmenta entomologica 54 (1) on page 102, DOI: 10.13133/2284-4880/766, http://zenodo.org/record/814805