Philopotinae is a
subfamily of
small-headed flies. Their larvae are
endoparasite
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s of araneomorph spiders in the subgroup
Entelegynae
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.
Genera
The subfamily includes twelve extant genera and four extinct:
* ''
Africaterphis''
Schlinger, 1968
* †''
Archaeterphis''
Hauser & Winterton, 2007
* ''
Dimacrocolus''
Schlinger, 1961
* †''
Eulonchiella''
Meunier, 1912
* ''
Helle''
Osten Sacken, 1896
* †''
Hoffeinsomyia''
Gillung & Winterton, 2017
* ''
Megalybus''
Philippi, 1865
* ''
Neophilopota''
Schlinger ''in'' Schlinger, Gillung & Borkent, 2013
* ''
Oligoneura''
Bigot
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, 1878
* ''
Parahelle''
Schlinger, 1961
* ''
Philopota''
Wiedemann, 1830
* †''
Prophilopota''
Hennig, 1966
* ''
Quasi
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''
Gillung & Winterton, 2011
* ''
Schlingeriella''
Gillung & Winterton, 2011
* ''
Terphis''
Erichson, 1840
* ''
Thyllis''
Erichson, 1840
References
External links
Encyclopedia of Life entry
Brachycera subfamilies
Acroceridae
Taxa named by Ignaz Rudolph Schiner
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