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Pterodontia flavipes

Pterodontia flavipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Acroceridae
Genus: Pterodontia
Species:
P. flavipes
Binomial name
Pterodontia flavipes
Gray, 1832[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Pterodontia flavoscutellata Steyskal, 1941

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]

  1. ^ 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.
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  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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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