''Acrocera'' is a genus of small-headed flies in the family
Acroceridae
The Acroceridae are a small family of odd-looking flies. They have a hump-backed appearance with a strikingly small head, generally with a long proboscis for accessing nectar. They are rare and not widely known. The most frequently applied common ...
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Species
Subgenus ''
Acrocera
''Acrocera'' is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae.
Species
Subgenus '' Acrocera'' Meigen, 1803
*'' Acrocera ashleyi'' Barraclough, 2000
*'' Acrocera bacchulus'' (Frey, 1936)
*'' Acrocera bakeri'' Coquillett, 1904
*'' Acr ...
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Meigen
Johann Wilhelm Meigen (3 May 1764 – 11 July 1845) was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.
Life
Early years
Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha ...
, 1803
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Acrocera ashleyi''
Barraclough, 2000
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Acrocera bacchulus
''Acrocera'' is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae.
Species
Subgenus ''Acrocera'' Meigen, 1803
*'' Acrocera ashleyi'' Barraclough, 2000
*'' Acrocera bacchulus'' (Frey, 1936)
*''Acrocera bakeri'' Coquillett, 1904
*''Acroce ...
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(Frey
Freyr (Old Norse: 'Lord'), sometimes anglicized as Frey, is a widely attested god in Norse mythology, associated with kingship, fertility, peace, prosperity, fair weather, and good harvest. Freyr, sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr, was especi ...
, 1936)
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Acrocera bakeri
''Acrocera'' is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae.
Species
Subgenus ''Acrocera'' Meigen, 1803
*'' Acrocera ashleyi'' Barraclough, 2000
*'' Acrocera bacchulus'' (Frey, 1936)
*'' Acrocera bakeri'' Coquillett, 1904
*''Acroc ...
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Coquillett, 1904
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Acrocera bicolor
''Acrocera'' is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae.
Species
Subgenus ''Acrocera'' Meigen, 1803
*'' Acrocera ashleyi'' Barraclough, 2000
*'' Acrocera bacchulus'' (Frey, 1936)
*'' Acrocera bakeri'' Coquillett, 1904
*'' Acro ...
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Macquart, 1846
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Acrocera borealis
''Acrocera'' is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae.
Species
Subgenus ''Acrocera'' Meigen, 1803
*'' Acrocera ashleyi'' Barraclough, 2000
*'' Acrocera bacchulus'' (Frey, 1936)
*'' Acrocera bakeri'' Coquillett, 1904
*''Acroc ...
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Zetterstedt
Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt (20 May 1785 – 23 December 1874) was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.
Biography
Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He receiv ...
, 1838
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Acrocera bulla
''Acrocera'' is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae.
Species
Subgenus ''Acrocera'' Meigen, 1803
*'' Acrocera ashleyi'' Barraclough, 2000
*'' Acrocera bacchulus'' (Frey, 1936)
*'' Acrocera bakeri'' Coquillett, 1904
*''Acroc ...
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Westwood, 1848
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Acrocera brasiliensis
''Acrocera'' is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae.
Species
Subgenus ''Acrocera'' Meigen, 1803
*'' Acrocera ashleyi'' Barraclough, 2000
*'' Acrocera bacchulus'' (Frey, 1936)
*'' Acrocera bakeri'' Coquillett, 1904
*''Acroc ...
''
Gil Collado, 1928
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Acrocera convexa
''Acrocera'' is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae.
Species
Subgenus ''Acrocera'' Meigen, 1803
*'' Acrocera ashleyi'' Barraclough, 2000
*'' Acrocera bacchulus'' (Frey, 1936)
*'' Acrocera bakeri'' Coquillett, 1904
*''Acroc ...
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Cole, 1919
*''
Acrocera fasciata
''Acrocera'' is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae.
Species
Subgenus ''Acrocera'' Meigen, 1803
*'' Acrocera ashleyi'' Barraclough, 2000
*'' Acrocera bacchulus'' (Frey, 1936)
*'' Acrocera bakeri'' Coquillett, 1904
*''Acroc ...
''
Wiedemann Wiedemann is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*Barbara Wiedemann (born 1945), American poet
*Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann (1770–1840), German physician, historian, naturalist
* Elisabeth Wiedemann (1926–2015), G ...
, 1830
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Acrocera flaveola
''Acrocera'' is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae.
Species
Subgenus ''Acrocera'' Meigen, 1803
*'' Acrocera ashleyi'' Barraclough, 2000
*'' Acrocera bacchulus'' (Frey, 1936)
*'' Acrocera bakeri'' Coquillett, 1904
*''Acroc ...
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Sabrosky, 1944
*''
Acrocera fumipennis
''Acrocera'' is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae.
Species
Subgenus ''Acrocera'' Meigen, 1803
*'' Acrocera ashleyi'' Barraclough, 2000
*'' Acrocera bacchulus'' (Frey, 1936)
*'' Acrocera bakeri'' Coquillett, 1904
*''Acroc ...
''
Westwood, 1848
*''
Acrocera honorati
''Acrocera'' is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae.
Species
Subgenus ''Acrocera'' Meigen, 1803
*'' Acrocera ashleyi'' Barraclough, 2000
*'' Acrocera bacchulus'' (Frey, 1936)
*'' Acrocera bakeri'' Coquillett, 1904
*''Acroc ...
''
Brèthes, 1925
*''
Acrocera infurcata
''Acrocera'' is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae.
Species
Subgenus ''Acrocera'' Meigen, 1803
*'' Acrocera ashleyi'' Barraclough, 2000
*'' Acrocera bacchulus'' (Frey, 1936)
*'' Acrocera bakeri'' Coquillett, 1904
*''Acroc ...
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Brunetti, 1926
*''
Acrocera laeta''
Gerstaecker, 1856
*''
Acrocera londti''
Barraclough, 1984
*''
Acrocera nigrina''
Westwood, 1848
*''
Acrocera obsoleta''
Wulp, 1867
*''
Acrocera orbiculus
''Acrocera'' is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae.
Species
Subgenus ''Acrocera (subgenus), Acrocera'' Johann Wilhelm Meigen, Meigen, 1803
*''Acrocera ashleyi'' Barraclough, 2000
*''Acrocera bacchulus'' (Richard Karl Hjalma ...
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(Fabricius Fabricius (, ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman Fabricia gens, gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587–1616), known by his ...
, 1787)
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Acrocera paitana''
( Séguy, 1956)
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Acrocera pallidivena''
Schlinger, 1960
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Acrocera parva''
Yang, Liu & Dong, 2016
*''
Acrocera tenuistylus''
Yang, Liu & Dong, 2016
*''
Acrocera turneri''
Schlinger, 1960
*''
Acrocera unguiculata''
Westwood, 1848
*''
Acrocera vansoni''
Schlinger, 1960
*''
Acrocera wulingensis''
Yang, Liu & Dong, 2016
Subgenus ''
Acrocerina''
Gil Collado, 1929:
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Acrocera altaica''
Pleske, 1930
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Acrocera arizonensis''
Cole, 1919
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Acrocera bimaculata''
Loew, 1866
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Acrocera braueri''
Pokorny, 1887
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Acrocera bucharica''
Nartshuk, 1982
*''
Acrocera cabrerae''
Frey
Freyr (Old Norse: 'Lord'), sometimes anglicized as Frey, is a widely attested god in Norse mythology, associated with kingship, fertility, peace, prosperity, fair weather, and good harvest. Freyr, sometimes referred to as Yngvi-Freyr, was especi ...
, 1936
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Acrocera chiiensis''
Ôuchi, 1942
*''
Acrocera khamensis''
Pleske, 1930
*''
Acrocera lindneri''
Sabrosky, 1954
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Acrocera melanderi''
Cole, 1919
*''
Acrocera melanogaster''
Schlinger, 1961
*''
Acrocera mongolica''
Pleske, 1930
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Acrocera natalensis''
Schlinger, 1960
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Acrocera nigrofemorata''
Meigen
Johann Wilhelm Meigen (3 May 1764 – 11 July 1845) was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.
Life
Early years
Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha ...
, 1804
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Acrocera obnubila''
Nartshuk, 1979
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Acrocera obscura
''Acrocera'' is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae.
Species
Subgenus ''Acrocera'' Meigen, 1803
*'' Acrocera ashleyi'' Barraclough, 2000
*''Acrocera bacchulus'' (Frey, 1936)
*''Acrocera bakeri'' Coquillett, 1904
*''Acrocer ...
''
Gil Collado, 1929
*''
Acrocera plebeia''
Brunetti, 1926
*''
Acrocera prima''
Meijere, 1914
*''
Acrocera rhodesiensis''
Schlinger, 1960
*''
Acrocera sanguinea''
Meigen
Johann Wilhelm Meigen (3 May 1764 – 11 July 1845) was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.
Life
Early years
Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margaretha ...
, 1804
*''
Acrocera sordida''
Pleske, 1930
*''
Acrocera stansburyi''
Johnson
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People and fictional characters
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, 1923
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Acrocera stelviana''
Pokorny, 1886
*''
Acrocera subfasciata''
Westwood, 1848
*''
Acrocera tarsalis''
Nartshuk, 1975
*''
Acrocera transbaicalica''
Pleske, 1930
*''
Acrocera trifasciata''
Pleske, 1930
*''
Acrocera trigramma
''Acrocera'' is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae.
Species
Subgenus ''Acrocera (subgenus), Acrocera'' Johann Wilhelm Meigen, Meigen, 1803
*''Acrocera ashleyi'' Barraclough, 2000
*''Acrocera bacchulus'' (Richard Karl Hjalma ...
''
Loew, 1845
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Acrocera trigrammoides
''Acrocera'' is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae.
Species
Subgenus ''Acrocera'' Meigen, 1803
*'' Acrocera ashleyi'' Barraclough, 2000
*''Acrocera bacchulus'' (Frey, 1936)
*''Acrocera bakeri'' Coquillett, 1904
*''Acrocer ...
''
Pokorny, 1887
The fossil species ''Acrocera hirsuta''
Scudder, 1877 is not considered an acrocerid, instead appearing closer to the
Mythicomyiidae
Mythicomyiidae, commonly called mythicomyiids, are very tiny Fly, flies (0.5–5.0 mm) found throughout most parts of the world, especially desert and semi-desert regions, except the highest altitudes and latitudes. They are not as common in ...
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References
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Acroceridae
Nemestrinoidea genera
Diptera of North America
Diptera of South America
Diptera of Asia
Diptera of Europe
Diptera of Africa
Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen