Philopotinae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Asilomorpha
Superfamilia: Nemestrinoidea

Familia: Acroceridae
Subfamilia: Philopotinae
Genera (12 + 4†): Africaterphis – Dimacrocolus – Helle – Megalybus – Neophilopota – Oligoneura – Parahelle – Philopota – Quasi – Schlingeriella – Terphis – Thyllis – †Archaeterphis – †Eulonchiella – †Hoffeinsomyia – †Prophilopota
Name

Philopotinae Schiner, 1868
References
Additional references

Gillung, J.P. & Winterton, S.L. 2011. New genera of philopotine spider flies (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a key to living and fossil genera. ZooKeys 127: 15–27. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.127.1824 Open access. Reference page.
Gillung, J.P. & Winterton, S.L. 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. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2017.1289566 Paywall. ResearchGate Open access. Reference page.
Gillung, J.P. & Winterton, S.L. 2019. Evolution of fossil and living spider flies based on morphological and molecular data (Diptera, Acroceridae). Systematic Entomology 44(4): 820–841. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12358 Open access. Reference page.
Hauser, M. & Winterton, S.L. 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. DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[152:ANFGOS]2.0.CO;2 Paywall. PDF. Reference page.
Hennig, W. 1966. Spinnenparasiten der Familie Acroceridae im Baltischen Bernstein. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (165): 1–21. BHL.
Schlinger, E.I. 1961. A review of the Acroceridae of Madagascar (Diptera). Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar (E) 12: 257–267. PDF
Winterton, S.L., Wiegmann, B.M. & Schlinger, E.I. 2007. Phylogeny and Bayesian divergence time estimations of small-headed flies (Diptera: Acroceridae) using multiple molecular markers. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution 43(3): 808–832. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.08.015

Links

Australasian/Oceanian Diptera Catalog -- Web Version
Species-ID

Philopotinae is a subfamily of small-headed flies. 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

References

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. doi:10.1111/syen.12358.
Hauser, Martin; Winterton, Shaun L. (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. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[152:ANFGOS]2.0.CO;2.
Osten Sacken, C.R. (1896). "A new genus of Cyrtidae (Dipt.) from New Zealand". Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. 32: 16–18.
Gillung, Jessica P.; Winterton, Shaun L. (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. doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1289566. S2CID 90493326.
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". ZooKeys (270): 59–93. doi:10.3897/zookeys.270.4476. PMC 3668421. PMID 23730188.
Gillung, Jéssica P.; Winterton, Shaun L. (2011). "New genera of philopotine spider flies (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a key to living and fossil genera". ZooKeys (127): 15–27. doi:10.3897/zookeys.127.1824. PMC 3175128. PMID 21998545.