Pterodontia flavipes is a species of small-headed flies (insects in the family Acroceridae).[2][3][4][5] Adult males are 5.5–10.5 mm in size, while adult females are 5–9 mm.[6] The larvae are thought to enter their host spiders at the leg articulations.[7] First instar larvae of the species have also been recorded attacking the mites Podothrombium and Abrolophus.[8]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Acroceridae |
| Genus: | Pterodontia |
| Species: | P. flavipes
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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "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.
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