Panops is a genus of small-headed flies. It is endemic to Australia and the Papua region of Indonesia. Males and females measure 8.0–12.5 mm and 9.5–14.5 mm, respectively.[1] Their larvae are thought to be endoparasites of spiders in the infraorder Mygalomorphae,[1][4] a trait shared by most other members of the subfamily Panopinae.[5]

Panops
Panops baudini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Acroceridae
Subfamily: Panopinae
Genus: Panops
Lamarck, 1804
Type species
Panops baudini
Lamarck, 1804
Synonyms[1]
  • Epicerina Macquart, 1850
  • Neopanops Schlinger, 1959[2]
  • Panocalda Neboiss, 1971[3]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i 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.
  2. ^ a b Schlinger, E. I. (1959). "A Review of the Genus Rhysogaster Aldrich, with Descriptions of New Genera and New Species of Oriental, Ethiopian and Australian Acroceridae (Diptera)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 52 (1): 150–159. doi:10.1093/aesa/52.2.150.
  3. ^ a b c Neboiss, A. (1971). "Australian Panopinae (Diptera: Acroceridae)". Australian Journal of Entomology. 10 (3): 205–222. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1971.tb00031.x.
  4. ^ a b Glatz, R.V. (2023). "A new member of the spider-parasitoid genus Panops Lamarck, 1804 (Diptera: Acroceridae) from Kangaroo Island". Australian Journal of Taxonomy. 45: 1–7. doi:10.54102/ajt.8gztc.
  5. ^ Gillung, Jessica P.; Winterton, Shawn L. (2019). "Evolution of fossil and living spider flies based on morphological and molecular data (Diptera, Acroceridae)". Systematic Entomology. 44 (4): 820–841. Bibcode:2019SysEn..44..820G. doi:10.1111/syen.12358.
  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.