Biology:Philopotinae

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Short description: Subfamily of flies

Philopotinae
Helle longirostris.jpg
Helle longirostris
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Acroceridae
Subfamily: Philopotinae
Schiner, 1867[1]
Genera

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Philopotinae is a subfamily of small-headed flies. They have an arched body shape, as well as enlarged postpronotal lobes that form a collar behind the head. Their larvae are endoparasites of araneomorph spiders in the subgroup Entelegynae.[2]

Genera

The subfamily includes twelve extant genera and four extinct:[2]

References

  1. Sabrosky, C.W. (1999). "Family-Group Names in Diptera". Myia 10: 1–360. http://www.online-keys.net/sciaroidea/add01/Thompson_et_al_1999_family_group_names.pdf.  (page 242)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gillung, Jessica P.; Winterton, Shawn L. (2019). "Evolution of fossil and living spider flies based on morphological and molecular data (Diptera, Acroceridae)". Systematic Entomology 44 (4): 820–841. doi:10.1111/syen.12358. 
  3. Hauser, Martin; Winterton, Shaun L. (2007). "A New Fossil Genus of Small-Headed Flies (Diptera: Acroceridae: Philopotinae) from Baltic Amber". Annals of the Entomological Society of America 100 (2): 152–156. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[152:ANFGOS2.0.CO;2]. 
  4. Osten Sacken, C.R. (1896). "A new genus of Cyrtidae (Dipt.) from New Zealand". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 32: 16–18. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9262179. 
  5. Gillung, Jessica P.; Winterton, Shaun L. (2017). "A review of fossil spider flies (Diptera: Acroceridae) with descriptions of new genera and species from Baltic Amber". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16 (4): 325–350. doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1289566. 
  6. Schlinger, Evert I.; Gillung, Jessica P.; Borkent, Christopher J. (2013). "New spider flies from the Neotropical Region (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a key to New World genera". ZooKeys (270): 59–93. doi:10.3897/zookeys.270.4476. PMID 23730188. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 Gillung, Jéssica P.; Winterton, Shaun L. (2011). "New genera of philopotine spider flies (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a key to living and fossil genera". ZooKeys (127): 15–27. doi:10.3897/zookeys.127.1824. PMID 21998545. PMC 3175128. https://archive.org/details/pubmed-PMC3175128. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q16965886 entry