Philopota

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Philopota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Acroceridae
Subfamily: Philopotinae
Genus: Philopota
Wiedemann, 1830
Type species
Philopota conica
Wiedemann, 1830

Philopota is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. It is the type genus of the subfamily Philopotinae.[1]

Species[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Gillung, Jessica P.; Nihei, Silvio S. (2016). "Evolution of Philopotinae, with a revision and phylogeny of the New World spider fly genus Philopota Wiedemann (Diptera, Acroceridae)" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 176 (4): 707–780. doi:10.1111/zoj.12360.
  2. ^ Brunetti, E. (1926). "New and little-known Cyrtidæ (Diptera)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9. 18 (107): 561–606. doi:10.1080/00222932608633552.
  3. ^ a b 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. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1848.tb02978.x.