Pterodontia

Pterodontia is a genus of small-headed flies (insects in the family Acroceridae). There are at least 20 described species in Pterodontia.[3][4][5][6]

Pterodontia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Acroceridae
Subfamily: Panopinae
Genus: Pterodontia
Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1832[1]
Type species
Pterodontia flavipes
Gray, 1832
Synonyms

Nothra Westwood, 1876[2]

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 have small, atypical spurs. The males have a tooth-like projection on the costal edge of the wing.[6]

Species

These 19 species belong to the genus Pterodontia:

Pterodontia variegata White, 1914 c g is considered to be a synonym of Pterodontia mellii Erichson, 1840.[11]

Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[6]

References
  1. Griffith, E.; Pidgeon, E. (1832). "The class Insecta arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with supplementary additions to each order by Edward Griffith, F.L.S., A.S. &c. and Edward Pidgeon, Esq. and notices of new genera and species by George Gray, Esq. Volume the second". In Griffith, E.; et al. (eds.). The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organisation by the Baron Cuvier with supplementary additions to each order. Volume the fifteenth. London: Whittaker, Treacher & Co. pp. 1–793.
  2. Westwood, J. O. (1876). "Notae Dipterologicae. No. 3.— Descriptions of new genera and species of the family Acroceridae". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 1876: 507–518.
  3. "Pterodontia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  4. "Browse Pterodontia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  5. "Pterodontia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  6. "Pterodontia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  7. Paramonov, S. J. (1957). "A review of Australian Acroceridae (Diptera)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 5 (4): 521–546. doi:10.1071/ZO9570521.
  8. Cole, F. R. (1919). "The Dipterous Family Cyrtidae in North America". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 45 (1): 1–79. JSTOR 25077002.
  9. Osten Sacken, C.R. (1877). "Western Diptera: Descriptions of new genera and species of Diptera from the region west of the Mississippi and especially from California". Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. 3 (189–354). doi:10.5962/bhl.title.57939.
  10. Sabrosky, C.W. (1948). "A Further Contribution to the Classification of the North American Spider Parasites of the Family Acroceratidae (Diptera)". The American Midland Naturalist. 39 (2): 382–430. doi:10.2307/2421592. JSTOR 2421592.
  11. Winterton, S. L. (2012). "Review of Australasian spider flies (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a revision of Panops Lamarck". ZooKeys. 172: 7–75. doi:10.3897/zookeys.172.1889. PMC 3307363. PMID 22448114.

Further reading
  • McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.
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