Acrocerinae

Taxobox
name = Acrocerinae

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota|
ordo = Diptera
subordo = Brachycera
infraordo = Asilomorpha
superfamilia = Nemestrinoidea
familia = Acroceridae
subfamilia = Acrocerinae
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subdivision_ranks = Genus
subdivision = See text

Acrocerinae is a sub family of Hunchback-flies. They are small disitctive flies whos larvae are endoparasites of spiders. Adults hunchback-flies visit flowers to feed on nectar.

ystematics

"Acrocerinae" Genus and species:

*Genus "Acrocera" Meigen, 1803:*"A. orbiculus" (Fabricius, 1787)
*Genus "Ogcodes" [Pierre André Latreille|Latreille] , 1796:*"O. gibbosus" (Linnaeus 1758):*"O. pallipes" [Pierre André Latreille|Latreille] in Olivier, 1812