Acrocerinae
| Acrocerinae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Acroceridae |
| Subfamily: | Acrocerinae |
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Acrocerinae is a sub family of Acroceridae. They are small distinctive flies whose larvae are endoparasites of spiders. Adults hunchback-flies visit flowers to feed on nectar.
Systematics
Acrocerinae genera and species:
- Genus Acrocera Meigen, 1803
- Acrocera orbiculus (Fabricius, 1787)
- Genus Ogcodes Latreille, 1796
- Genus Sphaerops Philippi, 1865
- Sphaerops appendiculata Philippi, 1865
- Sphaeropsmicella Schlinger in Schlinger, Gillung & Borkent, 2013[1]
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References
- ↑ Schlinger; Gillung; Borkent (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.
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