Acrocerinae

Acrocerinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Diptera
Family:Acroceridae
Subfamily:Acrocerinae
Leach, 1815
Genera

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Acrocerinae is a subfamily 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:

The extinct genus †Burmacyrtus Grimaldi & Hauser in Grimaldi, Arillo, Cumming & Hauser, 2011[6] is sometimes listed here, but is not considered an acrocerid by Gillung & Winterton (2017).[2]

References

  1. Koçak, A. Ö.; Kemal, M. (2013). "A nomenclatural note in the family Acroceridae (Diptera)". Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara Miscellaneous Papers (159): 3–4.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Schlinger, Evert I. (1972). "NEW EAST ASIAN AND AMERICAN GENERA OF THE "CYRTUS-OPSEBIUS" BRANCH OF THE ACROCERIDAE (Diptera)" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 14 (2): 409–428.
  4. Sabrosky, Curtis W. (1950). "A NEW GENUS AND TWO NEW SPECIES OF, AND MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON AFRICAN ACROCERIDAE (DIPTERA)". Systematic Entomology. 19 (3–4): 47–52. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1950.tb00924.x.
  5. Winterton, Shaun L.; Gillung, Jéssica P. (2012). "A new species of spider fly in the genus Sabroskya Schlinger from Malawi, with a key to Acrocerinae world genera (Diptera, Acroceridae)". ZooKeys. 171: 1–15. doi:10.3897/zookeys.171.2137.
  6. 1 2 Grimaldi, DA; Arillo, A; Cumming, JM; Hauser, M (2011). "Brachyceran Diptera (Insecta) in Cretaceous ambers, Part IV, Significant New Orthorrhaphous Taxa". Zookeys. 148: 293–332. doi:10.3897/zookeys.148.1809. PMC 3264415. PMID 22287902.

Further reading

  • Schlinger, Evert I.; Gillung; 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. PMC 3668421. PMID 23730188.
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