Cyrtinae is a subfamily of the
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 ...
(small-headed flies). Their larvae are
endoparasite
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The en ...
s of araneomorph spiders in the subgroup
Entelegynae
The Entelegynae or entelegynes are a subgroup of araneomorph spiders, the largest of the two main groups into which the araneomorphs were traditionally divided. Females have a genital plate ( epigynum) and a "flow through" fertilization system; ...
.
Genera
The subfamily includes twelve extant genera and two extinct:
* ''
Asopsebius''
Nartshuk, 1982
* †''
Cyrtinella''
Gillung & Winterton, 2017
* ''
Cyrtus''
Latreille, 1796
* ''
Hadrogaster''
Schlinger, 1972
* ''
Holops''
Philippi
Philippi (; , ''Phílippoi'') was a major Greek city northwest of the nearby island, Thasos. Its original name was Crenides (, ''Krēnĩdes'' "Fountains") after its establishment by Thasian colonists in 360/359 BC. The city was renamed by Phili ...
, 1865
* ''
Meruia''
Sabrosky, 1950
* ''
Nipponcyrtus''
Schlinger, 1972
* ''
Opsebius''
Costa, 1856
* ''
Paracyrtus''
Schlinger, 1972
* ''
Sabroskya''
Schlinger, 1960
* ''
Subcyrtus''
Brunetti, 1926
* ''
Turbopsebius''
Schlinger, 1972
* †''
Villalites''
Hennig, 1966
* ''
Villalus''
Cole, 1918
References
Acroceridae
Brachycera subfamilies
Endoparasites
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