Philopota

Philopota is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. It is the type genus of the subfamily Philopotinae.[1]

Philopota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Acroceridae
Subfamily:	Philopotinae
Genus:	Philopota Wiedemann, 1830
Type species
Philopota conica Wiedemann, 1830

Species

• Philopota amazonensis Gillung & Nihei, 2016[1]
• Philopota castanea Gillung & Nihei, 2016[1]
• Philopota conica Wiedemann, 1830
• Philopota costaricensis Gillung & Nihei, 2016[1]
• Philopota dissimilis Gillung & Nihei, 2016[1]
• Philopota flavimaculata Gillung & Nihei, 2016[1]
• Philopota flavolateralis Brunetti, 1926[2]
• Philopota fuscofemorata Gillung & Nihei, 2016[1]
• Philopota grossii Gillung & Nihei, 2016[1]
• Philopota histrio Erichson, 1840
• Philopota liturata Westwood, 1848[3]
• Philopota longirostris Gillung & Nihei, 2016[1]
• Philopota lugubris Williston, 1901
• Philopota minuta Gillung & Nihei, 2016[1]
• Philopota multivenata Gillung & Nihei, 2016[1]
• Philopota schlingeri Gillung & Nihei, 2016[1]
• Philopota semicincta Schiner, 1868
• Philopota tepicensis Gillung & Nihei, 2016[1]
• Philopota truquii Bellardi, 1859
• Philopota tuberculata Westwood, 1848[3]
• Philopota turbinata Erichson, 1840
• Philopota vitrialata Gillung & Nihei, 2016[1]

References

1. Gillung, Jessica P.; Nihei, Silvio S. (2016). "Evolution of Philopotinae, with a revision and phylogeny of the New World spider fly genus Philopota Wiedemann (Diptera, Acroceridae)" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 176 (4): 707–780. doi:10.1111/zoj.12360.
2. Brunetti, E. (1926). "New and little-known Cyrtidæ (Diptera)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9. 18 (107): 561–606. doi:10.1080/00222932608633552.
3. Westwood, J. O. (1848). "Descriptions of some new exotic species of Acroceridae (Vesiculosa, Latr.), a family of dipterous insects". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 5 (4): 91–98. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1848.tb02978.x.