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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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
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Description
editPterodontia 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
editThese 19 species belong to the genus Pterodontia:
- Pterodontia aerivaga Seguy, 1962 c g
- Pterodontia analis Macquart, 1846 c g
- Pterodontia andina Brèthes, 1910 c g
- Pterodontia davisi Paramonov, 1957 c g[7]
- Pterodontia dimidiata Westwood, 1876 c g[2]
- Pterodontia ezoensis Ouchi, 1942 c g
- Pterodontia flavipes Gray, 1832 i c g b[1]
- Pterodontia flavonigra Carrera, 1947 c g
- Pterodontia johnsoni Cole, 1919 i c g b[8]
- Pterodontia kashmirensis Lichtwardt, 1909 c g
- Pterodontia longisquama Sabrosky, 1947 c g
- Pterodontia mellii Erichson, 1840 c g
- Pterodontia misella Osten Sacken, 1877 i c g b[9]
- Pterodontia notomaculata Sabrosky, 1948 i c g b[10]
- Pterodontia smithi Johnson, 1898 c g
- Pterodontia virmondii Erichson, 1840 c g
- Pterodontia vix Townsend, 1895 i c g b
- Pterodontia waxelii (Klug, 1807) c g
- Pterodontia westwoodi Sabrosky, 1948 i c g b[10]
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
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b "Pterodontia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ a b "Browse Pterodontia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ a b "Pterodontia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ a b c "Pterodontia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ Paramonov, S. J. (1957). "A review of Australian Acroceridae (Diptera)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 5 (4): 521–546. doi:10.1071/ZO9570521.
- ^ Cole, F. R. (1919). "The Dipterous Family Cyrtidae in North America". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 45 (1): 1–79. JSTOR 25077002.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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
edit- 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.
External links
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