Acrocera

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Acrocera
Acrocera globulus.png
Acrocera orbiculus
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Acroceridae
Subfamily: Acrocerinae
Genus: Acrocera
Meigen, 1803
Type species
Syrphus globulus
( = Syrphus orbiculus Fabricius, 1787)
Panzer, 1802
Synonyms[1]

Paracrocera Mik, 1886

Acrocera is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. There are around 50 described species in Acrocera.[2][3]

Species[]

These 49 species belong to the genus Acrocera:

Subgenus Acrocera:

Subgenus Acrocerina Gil Collado, 1929:

  • Frey, 1936 c g
  • Meigen, 1804 c g
  • Gil Collado, 1929 c g
  • Meigen, 1804 c g
  • Pokorny, 1886 c g
  • Pleske, 1930 c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[11] g = GBIF,[12] b = Bugguide.net[2]

The fossil species Acrocera hirsuta Scudder, 1877 is not considered an acrocerid, instead appearing closer to the Mythicomyiidae.[13]

References[]

  1. ^ a b González, Christian R.; Elgueta, Mario; Ramirez, Francisco (2018). "A catalog of Acroceridae (Diptera) from Chile". Zootaxa. 4374 (3): 427–440. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4374.3.6. PMID 29689809.
  2. ^ a b "Acrocera Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Acrocera Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b c Cole, F. R. (1919). "The Dipterous Family Cyrtidae in North America". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 45 (1): 1–79. JSTOR 25077002.
  5. ^ a b c d e Westwood, J. O. (1848). "Descriptions of some new exotic species of Acroceridae (Vesiculosa, Latr.), a family of dipterous insects". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 5 (4): 91–98. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1848.tb02978.x.
  6. ^ Sabrosky, C. W. (1944). "A Revision of the American Spider Parasites of the Genera Ogcodes and Acrocera (Diptera, Acroceridae)". The American Midland Naturalist. 31 (2): 385–413. doi:10.2307/2421075. JSTOR 2421075.
  7. ^ a b Brunetti, E. (1926). "New and little-known Cyrtidæ (Diptera)". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9. 18 (107): 561–606. doi:10.1080/00222932608633552.
  8. ^ Schlinger, E.I. (1961). "New Species of Acrocera from Arizona and Ocnaea from California, with Synonymical Notes on the Genus Ocnaea (Diptera: Acroceridae)". Entomological News. 72: 7–12.
  9. ^ a b c d Schlinger, E. I. (1960). "A review of the South African Acroceridae (Diptera)". Annals of the Natal Museum. 14 (3): 459–504.
  10. ^ Schlinger, E. I. (1960). "Additional Notes on the South African Acrocerid Fauna, with Descriptions of New Species of Acrocera Meigen and Psilodera Gray (Diptera)" (PDF). Annals of the Natal Museum. 15 (3): 57–67. hdl:10520/AJA03040798_809.
  11. ^ "Browse Acrocera". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  12. ^ "Acrocera". GBIF. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  13. ^ Evenhuis, N.L. (2 April 2014). "Family Acroceridae". Catalog of the fossil flies of the world (Insecta: Diptera) website. 2.0.

Further reading[]

  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • Charles, H. Curran (1934). "The families and genera of North American Diptera". doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6825. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. ISBN 978-0660121253.

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