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Genus Acrocera

spider parasitoid - Acrocera unguiculata - female Small-headed Fly - Acrocera - female Spider Fly  - Acrocera Acrocera sp. - Acrocera melanderi - female colorful acrocerid - Acrocera subfasciata wet bug - Acrocera Acrocera obsoleta? - Acrocera Acrocera obsoleta? - Acrocera
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Family Acroceridae (Small-headed Flies)
Genus Acrocera
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Paracrocera Mik 1886
Explanation of Names
Acrocera Meigen 1803
refers to antennae atteched to top of head
Numbers
16 spp. in our area(1), ~60 total(2)
Identification
Antennae attached near top of head. Eyes cover much of the head and lack hair. Mouthparts vestigial/absent. Legs typically yellowish, femora may be darkened. Abdomen large, balloon-like, with black and yellow-orange markings (may be reduced/absent).
Keys to nearctic species in [Cite:1029610](3)(4)
Habitus drawings: Pl.XI‒XIV[Cite:1029610]
Male abdomen ends bluntly, female adbdomen ends in a tapered ovipositor
Print References
Cole F.R. (1923) Notes on the dipterous family Cyrtidae. Psyche 30: 46‒48. (Full text)
Johnson C.W. (1915) Notes on the species of the genus Acrocera. Psyche 22: 198‒203 (Full text)