Pterodontia flavipes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Acroceridae |
Genus: | Pterodontia |
Species: | P. flavipes |
Binomial name | |
Pterodontia flavipes Gray, 1832 | |
Synonyms | |
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Pterodontia flavipes is a species of small-headed flies (insects in the family Acroceridae). Adult males are 5.5–10.5 mm in size, while adult females are 5–9 mm. The larvae are thought to enter their host spiders at the leg articulations. First instar larvae of the species have also been recorded attacking the mites Podothrombium and Abrolophus.
References
- 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. Vol. the fifteenth. London: Whittaker, Treacher & Co. pp. 1–793. Archived from the original on 2018-12-01. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
- ^ "Pterodontia flavipes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- "Pterodontia flavipes species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- "Pterodontia flavipes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- "Pterodontia flavipes Species Information". BugGuide.net. Archived from the original on 2016-09-17. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- Sabrosky, C.W. (1943). "A new species and notes on Acroceridae (Diptera)". Entomological News. 55: 176–182. Archived from the original on 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
- King, J.L. (1916). "Observations on the Life History of Pterodontia Flavipes Gray. (Diptera.)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 9 (3): 309–321. doi:10.1093/aesa/9.3.309.
- Sferra; N.J. (1986). "1st record of Pterodontia flavipes (Diptera, Acroceridae) larvae in the mites Podothrombium (Acari, Trombidiidae) and Abrolophus (Acari, Erythraeidae)". Entomological News. 97 (3): 121–123. Archived from the original on 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Pterodontia flavipes |
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