Cyrtinae

Cyrtinae is a subfamily of the Acroceridae (small-headed flies). Their larvae are endoparasites of araneomorph spiders in the subfamily Entelegynae.[1]

Cyrtinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Acroceridae
Subfamily: Cyrtinae
Newman, 1834
Genera

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Genera

The subfamily includes twelve extant genera and two extinct:[1]

References
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  2. Gillung, Jessica P.; Winterton, Shaun L. (2017). "A review of fossil spider flies (Diptera: Acroceridae) with descriptions of new genera and species from Baltic Amber". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 16 (4): 325–350. doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1289566.
  3. Schlinger, Evert I. (1972). "New East Asian and American genera of the "Cyrtus-Opsebius" branch of the Acroceridae (Diptera)" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 14 (2): 409–428.
  4. Sabrosky, Curtis W. (1950). "A new genus and two new species of, and miscellaneous notes on African Acroceridae (DIPTERA)". Systematic Entomology. 19 (3–4): 47–52. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1950.tb00924.x.
  5. Schlinger, E. I. (1960). "A review of the South African Acroceridae (Diptera)". Annals of the Natal Museum. 14 (3): 459–504.
  6. Brunetti, E. (1926). "New and little-known Cyrtidæ (Diptera)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9. 18 (107): 561–606. doi:10.1080/00222932608633552.
  7. Cole, F. R. (1918). "A new genus of Cyrtidae from South America (Dipt.)". Entomological News. 29: 61–64.
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