Acrosathe Explained

Acrosathe is a genus of stiletto flies in the family Therevidae. There are more than 20 described species in Acrosathe.

Species

These 22 species belong to the genus Acrosathe:

• Acrosathe annulata (Fabricius, 1805)
• Acrosathe baltica Andersson, 1994
• Acrosathe bimaculata (Cole, 1923)
• Acrosathe centralis Yang, 2002
• Acrosathe curvata Lyneborg, 1986
• Acrosathe erberi Lyneborg, 1986
• Acrosathe longipilosa Yang, 2002
• Acrosathe novella (Coquillett, 1893)
• Acrosathe obsoleta Lyneborg, 1986
• Acrosathe otiosa (Coquillett, 1893)
• Acrosathe pacifica (Cole, 1923)
• Acrosathe pallipilosa Yang, Zhang & An, 2003
• Acrosathe parallela Lyneborg, 1986
• Acrosathe polychaeta Yang, 2002
• Acrosathe singularis Yang, 2002
• Acrosathe stylata Lyneborg, 1986
• Acrosathe sybarita (Loew, 1873)
• Acrosathe tashimai Nagatomi & Lyneborg, 1988
• Acrosathe taurica Lyneborg, 1986
• Acrosathe vanduzeei (Cole, 1923)
• Acrosathe vialis (Osten Sacken, 1877)
• Acrosathe yoshikoae Nagatomi & Lyneborg, 1988

Further reading

• Book: Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. 1981. McAlpine . J. F.. Petersen . B. V.. Shewell . G. E.. Teskey . H. J.. Vockeroth . J. R.. Wood . D. M.. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. 978-0-660-10731-8.