Panops Explained

Panops is a genus of small-headed flies. It is endemic to Australia and the Papua region of Indonesia. Males and females measure 8.0–12.5 mm and 9.5–14.5 mm, respectively. Their larvae are thought to be endoparasites of spiders in the infraorder Mygalomorphae,^[1] a trait shared by most other members of the subfamily Panopinae.^[2]

Species

• Panops aurum Winterton, 2012 – Western Australia
• Panops austrae Neboiss, 1971 – Western Australia
• Panops baudini Lamarck, 1804 – widely distributed in Australia
• Panops boharti (Schlinger, 1959) – Indonesia (Papua)
• Panops conspicuus (Brunetti, 1926)^[3] – Western Australia, Victoria
• Panops danielsi Winterton, 2012 – Queensland
• Panops grossi (Neboiss, 1971) – South Australia
• Panops infrequens Glatz, 2023^[1] – South Australia (Kangaroo Island)
• Panops jade Winterton, 2012 – Queensland
• Panops schlingeri Winterton, 2012 – Northern Territory

Notes and References

1. Glatz. R.V.. 2023. A new member of the spider-parasitoid genus Panops Lamarck, 1804 (Diptera: Acroceridae) from Kangaroo Island. Australian Journal of Taxonomy. 45. 1–7. 10.54102/ajt.8gztc. free.
2. 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 .
3. Brunetti. E.. 1926. New and little-known Cyrtidæ (Diptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9. 18. 107. 561–606. 10.1080/00222932608633552.