''Panops'' is a
genus of
small-headed flies. It is endemic to
Australia
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and the Papua region of
Indonesia. Males and females measure 8.0–12.5 mm and 9.5–14.5 mm, respectively.
Their larvae are thought to be
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 spiders in the infraorder
Mygalomorphae,
a trait shared by most other members of the subfamily
Panopinae
Panopinae is a subfamily of small-headed flies (Acroceridae). Their larvae are endoparasites of spiders in the infraorder Mygalomorphae.
Genera
The subfamily includes 24 extant genera:
* '' Apelleia'' Bellardi, 1862
* '' Apsona'' Westwood, 187 ...
.
Species
* ''
Panops aurum''
Winterton, 2012 – Western Australia
* ''
Panops austrae''
Neboiss, 1971 – Western Australia
* ''
Panops baudini
''Panops'' is a genus of Acroceridae, small-headed flies. It is endemic to Australia and the Papua region of Indonesia. Males and females measure 8.0–12.5 mm and 9.5–14.5 mm, respectively. Their larvae are thought to be endoparasite ...
''
Lamarck, 1804 – widely distributed in Australia
* ''
Panops boharti''
(Schlinger, 1959) – Indonesia (Papua)
* ''
Panops conspicuus''
( Brunetti, 1926) – Western Australia, Victoria
* ''
Panops danielsi''
Winterton, 2012 – Queensland
* ''
Panops grossi''
(Neboiss, 1971) – South Australia
* ''
Panops infrequens''
Glatz, 2023 – South Australia (
Kangaroo Island)
* ''
Panops jade''
Winterton, 2012 – Queensland
* ''
Panops schlingeri''
Winterton, 2012 – Northern Territory
References
Acroceridae
Nemestrinoidea genera
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