''Acrocera'' is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae.

Species

Subgenus '' Acrocera'' Meigen, 1803 *'' Acrocera ashleyi'' Barraclough, 2000 *'' Acrocera bacchulus'' (

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, 1936) *'' Acrocera bakeri''

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, 1904 *'' Acrocera bicolor'' Macquart, 1846 *'' Acrocera borealis''

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, 1838 *'' Acrocera bulla'' Westwood, 1848 *'' Acrocera brasiliensis'' Gil Collado, 1928 *''

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, 1787) *'' Acrocera paitana'' ( Séguy, 1956) *'' Acrocera convexa'' Cole, 1919 *'' Acrocera fasciata'' Wiedemann, 1830 *'' Acrocera flaveola'' Sabrosky, 1944 *'' Acrocera fumipennis'' Westwood, 1848 *'' Acrocera honorati'' Brèthes, 1925 *'' Acrocera infurcata'' Brunetti, 1926 *'' Acrocera laeta'' Gerstaecker, 1856 *'' Acrocera londti'' Barraclough, 1984 *'' Acrocera nigrina'' Westwood, 1848 *'' Acrocera obsoleta'' Wulp, 1867 *'' Acrocera pallidivena'' Schlinger, 1960 *'' Acrocera parva'' Yang, Liu & Dong, 2016 *'' Acrocera tenuistylus'' Yang, Liu & Dong, 2016 *'' Acrocera turneri'' Schlinger, 1960 *'' Acrocera unguiculata'' Westwood, 1848 *'' Acrocera vansoni'' Schlinger, 1960 *'' Acrocera wulingensis'' Yang, Liu & Dong, 2016 Subgenus '' Acrocerina'' Gil Collado, 1929: *'' Acrocera altaica'' Pleske, 1930 *'' Acrocera arizonensis'' Cole, 1919 *'' Acrocera bimaculata'' Loew, 1866 *'' Acrocera braueri'' Pokorny, 1887 *'' Acrocera bucharica'' Nartshuk, 1982 *'' Acrocera cabrerae''

, 1936 *'' Acrocera chiiensis'' Ôuchi, 1942 *'' Acrocera khamensis'' Pleske, 1930 *'' Acrocera lindneri'' Sabrosky, 1954 *'' Acrocera melanderi'' Cole, 1919 *'' Acrocera melanogaster'' Schlinger, 1961 *'' Acrocera mongolica'' Pleske, 1930 *'' Acrocera natalensis'' Schlinger, 1960 *'' Acrocera nigrofemorata'' Meigen, 1804 *'' Acrocera obnubila'' Nartshuk, 1979 *'' Acrocera obscura'' Gil Collado, 1929 *'' Acrocera plebeia'' Brunetti, 1926 *'' Acrocera prima'' Meijere, 1914 *'' Acrocera rhodesiensis'' Schlinger, 1960 *'' Acrocera sanguinea'' Meigen, 1804 *'' Acrocera sordida'' Pleske, 1930 *'' Acrocera stansburyi''

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, 1923 *'' Acrocera stelviana'' Pokorny, 1886 *'' Acrocera subfasciata'' Westwood, 1848 *'' Acrocera tarsalis'' Nartshuk, 1975 *'' Acrocera transbaicalica'' Pleske, 1930 *'' Acrocera trifasciata'' Pleske, 1930 *'' Acrocera trigramma'' Loew, 1845 *'' Acrocera trigrammoides'' Pokorny, 1887 The fossil species ''Acrocera hirsuta'' Scudder, 1877 is not considered an acrocerid, instead appearing closer to the

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References

{{Use dmy dates, date=February 2018 Acroceridae Nemestrinoidea genera Diptera of North America Diptera of South America Diptera of Asia Diptera of Europe Diptera of Africa Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen