Acrocera

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

Acrocera
Acrocera orbiculus
Scientific classification
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

Species

These 49 species belong to the genus Acrocera:

Subgenus Acrocera:

Subgenus Acrocerina Gil Collado, 1929:

  • Acrocera cabrerae Frey, 1936 c g
  • Acrocera nigrofemorata Meigen, 1804 c g
  • Acrocera obscura Gil Collado, 1929 c g
  • Acrocera sanguinea Meigen, 1804 c g
  • Acrocera stelviana Pokorny, 1886 c g
  • Acrocera trifasciata 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. 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. "Acrocera Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. "Acrocera Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  4. Cole, F. R. (1919). "The Dipterous Family Cyrtidae in North America". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 45 (1): 1–79. JSTOR 25077002.
  5. 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. 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. 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}}: 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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