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''Pterodontia'' is a genus of small-headed flies (insects in the family
Acroceridae The Acroceridae are a small family (biology), family of odd-looking flies. They have a hump-backed appearance with a strikingly small head, generally with a long proboscis for accessing nectar. They are rare and not widely known. The most frequen ...
). There are at least 20 described species in ''Pterodontia''.


Description

''Pterodontia'' have eyes that are covered in hairs. Their antennae are attached below the middle of the head, and are small, short and inconspicuous. Their mouthparts are small and nearly imperceptible. The
tibia The tibia (; ), also known as the shinbone or shankbone, is the larger, stronger, and anterior (frontal) of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates (the other being the fibula, behind and to the outside of the tibia); it connects ...
have small, atypical spurs. The males have a tooth-like projection on the costal edge of the wing.


Species

These 19 species belong to the genus ''Pterodontia'': * '' Pterodontia aerivaga'' Seguy, 1962 c g * '' Pterodontia analis'' Macquart, 1846 c g * '' Pterodontia andina'' Brèthes, 1910 c g * '' Pterodontia davisi'' Paramonov, 1957 c g * '' Pterodontia dimidiata'' Westwood, 1876 c g * '' Pterodontia ezoensis'' Ouchi, 1942 c g * '' Pterodontia flavipes''
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, 1832 i c g b * '' Pterodontia flavonigra'' Carrera, 1947 c g * '' Pterodontia johnsoni'' Cole, 1919 i c g b * '' Pterodontia kashmirensis'' Lichtwardt, 1909 c g * '' Pterodontia longisquama'' Sabrosky, 1947 c g * '' Pterodontia mellii'' Erichson, 1840 c g * '' Pterodontia misella'' Osten Sacken, 1877 i c g b * '' Pterodontia notomaculata'' Sabrosky, 1948 i c g b * '' Pterodontia smithi''
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, 1898 c g * '' Pterodontia virmondii'' Erichson, 1840 c g * '' Pterodontia vix''
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, 1895 i c g b * '' Pterodontia waxelii'' ( Klug, 1807) c g * '' Pterodontia westwoodi'' Sabrosky, 1948 i c g b ''Pterodontia variegata'' White, 1914 c g is considered to be a synonym of '' Pterodontia mellii'' Erichson, 1840. Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net


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Further reading

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External links

* Acroceridae Articles created by Qbugbot Nemestrinoidea genera Taxa named by George Robert Gray {{Nemestrinoidea-stub