Acrocera orbiculus
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| Acrocera orbiculus | |
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| Acrocera orbiculus in Meigen Europäischen Zweiflügeligen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Acroceridae |
| Genus: | Acrocera |
| Species: | A. orbiculus
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| Binomial name | |
| Acrocera orbiculus (Fabricius, 1787)
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Acrocera orbiculus, also known as the top-horned hunchback, is a species of fly belonging to the family Acroceridae. The species has a holarctic distribution, ranging from North America to the Palaearctic.[3]
Etymology[edit]
The specific name is the Latin diminutive noun orbiculus, meaning 'a small disk'.[4] As a noun in apposition, the suffix does not alter to reflect the gender of the genus.
Description[edit]
"Antennae placed at the extreme top of the head, ending in a long thin arista. Venation very much reduced. Proboscis absent, or very short and stumpy" [5]
Biology[edit]
The larvae are endoparasites of spiders in the families Amaurobiidae, Clubionidae and Lycosidae.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Cole, F. R. (1919). "The Dipterous Family Cyrtidae in North America". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 45 (1): 1–79. JSTOR 25077002.
- ^ Majer, J. (1977). "Data to the Acroceridae (Diptera) fauna of Mongolia". Folia Entomologica Hungarica. 30: 105–107.
- ^ a b c Kehlmaier, Christian; Almeida, Jorge Mota (2014). "New host records for European Acroceridae (Diptera), with discussion of species limits of Acrocera orbiculus (Fabricius) based on DNA-barcoding" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3780 (1): 135–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3780.1.5. PMID 24871830.
- ^ Lewis, C. T.; Short, C. (1879). "orbĭcŭlus". A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary (Revised, enlarged ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Verrall, G. H., 1909 Stratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain British flies Volume 5 London : Gurney and Jackson, 1909.BHL Full text with illustrations