Pterodontia flavipes | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Acroceridae |
Genus: | Pterodontia |
Species: | P. flavipes
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Binomial name | |
Pterodontia flavipes | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Pterodontia flavipes is a species of small-headed flies (insects in the family Acroceridae). [2] [3] [4] [5] Adult males are 5.5–10.5 mm in size, while adult females are 5–9 mm. [6] The larvae are thought to enter their host spiders at the leg articulations. [7] First instar larvae of the species have also been recorded attacking the mites Podothrombium and Abrolophus. [8]
Pterodontia flavipes | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Acroceridae |
Genus: | Pterodontia |
Species: | P. flavipes
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Binomial name | |
Pterodontia flavipes | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Pterodontia flavipes is a species of small-headed flies (insects in the family Acroceridae). [2] [3] [4] [5] Adult males are 5.5–10.5 mm in size, while adult females are 5–9 mm. [6] The larvae are thought to enter their host spiders at the leg articulations. [7] First instar larvae of the species have also been recorded attacking the mites Podothrombium and Abrolophus. [8]