Cyrtinae is a subfamily of the
Acroceridae (small-headed flies). Their larvae are
endoparasite
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has c ...
s of araneomorph spiders in the subgroup
Entelegynae.
Genera
The subfamily includes twelve extant genera and two extinct:
* ''
Asopsebius''
Nartshuk, 1982
* †''
Cyrtinella''
Gillung & Winterton, 2017
* ''
Cyrtus''
Latreille, 1796
* ''
Hadrogaster''
Schlinger, 1972
* ''
Holops
''Holops'' is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. It is endemic to Chile.
Species
The genus includes six species:
* '' Holops anarayae'' Barahona-Segovia, 2021
* '' Holops cyaneus'' Philippi, 1865
* '' Holops frauenfeldii'' ...
''
Philippi
Philippi (; grc-gre, Φίλιπποι, ''Philippoi'') was a major Greek city northwest of the nearby island, Thasos. Its original name was Crenides ( grc-gre, Κρηνῖδες, ''Krenides'' "Fountains") after its establishment by Thasian colon ...
, 1865
* ''
Meruia''
Sabrosky, 1950
* ''
Nipponcyrtus''
Schlinger, 1972
* ''
Opsebius''
Costa, 1856
* ''
Paracyrtus''
Schlinger, 1972
* ''
Sabroskya''
Schlinger, 1960
* ''
Subcyrtus''
Brunetti, 1926
* ''
Turbopsebius
''Turbopsebius'' is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. There are about four described species in ''Turbopsebius''.
Species
These four species belong to the genus ''Turbopsebius'':
* '' Turbopsebius brunnipennis'' ( Sabrosk ...
''
Schlinger, 1972
* †''
Villalites
''Villalites'' is an extinct genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. It is known from Baltic amber from the Eocene, though the locality is unknown (possibly Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of tra ...
''
Hennig, 1966
* ''
Villalus''
Cole, 1918
References
Acroceridae
Brachycera subfamilies
Endoparasites
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