Philopotinae Explained

Philopotinae is a subfamily of small-headed flies. They have an arched body shape, as well as enlarged postpronotal lobes that form a collar behind the head. Their larvae are endoparasites of araneomorph spiders in the subgroup Entelegynae.^[1]

Genera

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

• Africaterphis Schlinger, 1968
• †Archaeterphis Hauser & Winterton, 2007^[2]
• Dimacrocolus Schlinger, 1961
• †Eulonchiella Meunier, 1912
• Helle Osten Sacken, 1896^[3]
• †Hoffeinsomyia Gillung & Winterton, 2017^[4]
• Megalybus Philippi, 1865
• Neophilopota Schlinger in Schlinger, Gillung & Borkent, 2013^[5]
• Oligoneura Bigot, 1878
• Parahelle Schlinger, 1961
• Philopota Wiedemann, 1830
• †Prophilopota Hennig, 1966
• Quasi Gillung & Winterton, 2011^[6]
• Schlingeriella Gillung & Winterton, 2011^[6]
• Terphis Erichson, 1840
• Thyllis Erichson, 1840

External links

• Encyclopedia of Life entry

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. Martin. Hauser. Shaun L.. Winterton. 2007. A New Fossil Genus of Small-Headed Flies (Diptera: Acroceridae: Philopotinae) from Baltic Amber. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 100. 2. 152–156. 10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[152:ANFGOS]2.0.CO;2.
3. Osten Sacken. C.R.. 1896. A new genus of Cyrtidae (Dipt.) from New Zealand. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 32. 16–18.
4. 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. 90493326.
5. Schlinger . Evert I. . Gillung . Jessica P. . Borkent . Christopher J. . 2013 . New spider flies from the Neotropical Region (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a key to New World genera . . 270 . 59–93 . 10.3897/zookeys.270.4476 . 23730188 . 3668421. free . 2013ZooK..270...59S .
6. Jéssica P.. Gillung. Shaun L.. Winterton. 2011. New genera of philopotine spider flies (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a key to living and fossil genera. ZooKeys. 127. 15–27. 10.3897/zookeys.127.1824. 3175128. 21998545. free. 2011ZooK..127...15G .