Acrocerinae
Template:Short description Template:Automatic taxobox Acrocerinae is a subfamily of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. Their larvae are endoparasites of araneomorph spiders, with the exception of Carvalhoa appendiculata which can develop as ectoparasitoids on their host spiders.[1] Traditionally, the subfamily included the genera now placed in Cyrtinae and Ogcodinae, but the subfamily in this sense was found to be polyphyletic and was split up in 2019.[1][2]
Systematics
The subfamily includes two extant genera and one extinct:[1]
- Acrocera Meigen, 1803
- Carvalhoa Koçak & Kemal, 2013[3]
- †Schlingeromyia Grimaldi & Hauser in Grimaldi, Arillo, Cumming & Hauser, 2011[4]
The extinct fly genus †Burmacyrtus Grimaldi & Hauser in Grimaldi, Arillo, Cumming & Hauser, 2011[4] was originally placed in this subfamily as well, but according to Gillung & Winterton (2017) it is not considered an acrocerid.[5]
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