Philopotinae
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Ordo: Diptera
Familia: Acroceridae
Name
Schiner, 1968 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Type genus
Philopota Wiedemann. Schlinger, 1971: 186.
Diagnosis
Body shape slightly to strongly arched and never densely pilose; small to medium sized; antennal flagellum stylate; postpronotal lobes enlarged and meeting medially to form collar behind head; tibial spines absent; wing costal vein ending at wing apex, never circumambient; wing venation highly variable, ranging from relatively complete with cells cu-p, bm br, d and basal r4+5 present, to highly reduced with only cell br present; cell m3 absent; veins R4 and R5 always present as single vein R4+5; cubital and medial veins not reaching posterior wing margin; larvae exclusively parasitoids of araneomorph spiders.
