New genera of philopotine spider flies (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a key to living and fossil genera

By

Gillung, Jéssica P
Winterton, Shaun L. (Shaun Leslie)

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

127

Pages

15-27

Subjects

Acroceridae , cybertaxonomy , Spider fly

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.127.1824

 

Abstract

In this paper we describe two new genera of philopotine Acroceridae: Schlingeriella irwini gen. et sp. n. (New Caledonia) and Quasi fisheri gen. et sp. n. (Mexico). The Baltic amber species Eulonchiella eocenica Meunier, 1912 is rediagnosed and a neotype designated based on a newly discovered specimen. We also provide a dichotomous key to the world genera of Philopotinae, both living and fossil.