Philopota Explained
Philopota is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. It is the type genus of the subfamily Philopotinae.[1]
Species
- Philopota amazonensis Gillung & Nihei, 2016[1]
- Philopota castanea Gillung & Nihei, 2016[1]
- Philopota conica Wiedemann, 1830
- Philopota costaricensis Gillung & Nihei, 2016[1]
- Philopota dissimilis Gillung & Nihei, 2016[1]
- Philopota flavimaculata Gillung & Nihei, 2016[1]
- Philopota flavolateralis Brunetti, 1926[2]
- Philopota fuscofemorata Gillung & Nihei, 2016[1]
- Philopota grossii Gillung & Nihei, 2016[1]
- Philopota histrio Erichson, 1840
- Philopota liturata Westwood, 1848[3]
- Philopota longirostris Gillung & Nihei, 2016[1]
- Philopota lugubris Williston, 1901
- Philopota minuta Gillung & Nihei, 2016[1]
- Philopota multivenata Gillung & Nihei, 2016[1]
- Philopota schlingeri Gillung & Nihei, 2016[1]
- Philopota semicincta Schiner, 1868
- Philopota tepicensis Gillung & Nihei, 2016[1]
- Philopota truquii Bellardi, 1859
- Philopota tuberculata Westwood, 1848[3]
- Philopota turbinata Erichson, 1840
- Philopota vitrialata Gillung & Nihei, 2016[1]
Notes and References
- Jessica P.. Gillung. Silvio S.. Nihei. 2016. Evolution of Philopotinae, with a revision and phylogeny of the New World spider fly genus Philopota Wiedemann (Diptera, Acroceridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 176. 4. 707–780. 10.1111/zoj.12360. free.
- Brunetti. E.. 1926. New and little-known Cyrtidæ (Diptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9. 18. 107. 561–606. 10.1080/00222932608633552.
- Westwood. J. O.. 1848. Descriptions of some new exotic species of Acroceridae (Vesiculosa, Latr.), a family of dipterous insects. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 5. 4. 91–98. 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1848.tb02978.x.
