Cyrtinae is a subfamily of the Acroceridae (small-headed flies). Their larvae are endoparasites of araneomorph spiders in the subgroup Entelegynae.[1]
Cyrtinae | |
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Cyrtus gibbus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Acroceridae |
Subfamily: | Cyrtinae Newman, 1834 |
Genera | |
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Genera
editThe subfamily includes twelve extant genera and two extinct:[1]
- Asopsebius Nartshuk, 1982
- †Cyrtinella Gillung & Winterton, 2017[2]
- Cyrtus Latreille, 1796
- Hadrogaster Schlinger, 1972[3]
- Holops Philippi, 1865
- Meruia Sabrosky, 1950[4]
- Nipponcyrtus Schlinger, 1972[3]
- Opsebius Costa, 1856
- Paracyrtus Schlinger, 1972[3]
- Sabroskya Schlinger, 1960[5]
- Subcyrtus Brunetti, 1926[6]
- Turbopsebius Schlinger, 1972[3]
- †Villalites Hennig, 1966
- Villalus Cole, 1918[7]
References
edit- ^ a b 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. Bibcode:2019SysEn..44..820G. doi:10.1111/syen.12358.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d Schlinger, Evert I. (1972). "New East Asian and American genera of the "Cyrtus-Opsebius" branch of the Acroceridae (Diptera)" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 14 (2): 409–428.
- ^ Sabrosky, Curtis W. (1950). "A new genus and two new species of, and miscellaneous notes on African Acroceridae (DIPTERA)". Systematic Entomology. 19 (3–4): 47–52. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1950.tb00924.x.
- ^ Schlinger, E. I. (1960). "A review of the South African Acroceridae (Diptera)". Annals of the Natal Museum. 14 (3): 459–504.
- ^ Brunetti, E. (1926). "New and little-known Cyrtidæ (Diptera)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9. 18 (107): 561–606. doi:10.1080/00222932608633552.
- ^ Cole, F. R. (1918). "A new genus of Cyrtidae from South America (Dipt.)". Entomological News. 29: 61–64.