Cyrtinae Explained

Cyrtinae is a subfamily of the Acroceridae (small-headed flies). Their larvae are endoparasites of araneomorph spiders in the subgroup Entelegynae.^[1]

Genera

The subfamily includes twelve extant genera and two extinct:^[1]

• Asopsebius Nartshuk, 1982
• †Cyrtinella Gillung & Winterton, 2017^[2]
• Cyrtus Latreille, 1796
• Hadrogaster Schlinger, 1972^[3]
• Holops Philippi, 1865
• Meruia Sabrosky, 1950^[4]
• Nipponcyrtus Schlinger, 1972^[3]
• Opsebius Costa, 1856
• Paracyrtus Schlinger, 1972^[3]
• Sabroskya Schlinger, 1960^[5]
• Subcyrtus Brunetti, 1926^[6]
• Turbopsebius Schlinger, 1972^[3]
• †Villalites Hennig, 1966
• Villalus Cole, 1918^[7]

Notes and References

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. 10.1111/syen.12358. free. 2019SysEn..44..820G .
2. Jessica P.. Gillung. Shaun L.. Winterton. 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. 10.1080/14772019.2017.1289566.
3. Evert I.. Schlinger. 1972. New East Asian and American genera of the "Cyrtus-Opsebius" branch of the Acroceridae (Diptera). Pacific Insects. 14. 2. 409–428.
4. Curtis W.. Sabrosky. 1950. A new genus and two new species of, and miscellaneous notes on African Acroceridae (DIPTERA). Systematic Entomology. 19. 3–4. 47–52. 10.1111/j.1365-3113.1950.tb00924.x.
5. Schlinger. E. I.. 1960. A review of the South African Acroceridae (Diptera). Annals of the Natal Museum. 14. 3. 459–504.
6. Brunetti. E.. 1926. New and little-known Cyrtidæ (Diptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9. 18. 107. 561–606. 10.1080/00222932608633552.
7. Cole. F. R.. 1918. A new genus of Cyrtidae from South America (Dipt.). Entomological News. 29. 61–64.