| Philopotinae | |
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| Helle longirostris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Acroceridae |
| Subfamily: | Philopotinae Schiner, 1867[1] |
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Philopotinae is a subfamily of small-headed flies. They have an arched body shape, as well as enlarged postpronotal lobes that form a collar behind the head. Their larvae are endoparasites of araneomorph spiders in the subgroup Entelegynae.[2]
- ^ Sabrosky, C.W. (1999). "Family-Group Names in Diptera" (PDF). Myia. 10: 1–360. (page 242)
- ^ Gillung, Jessica P.; Winterton, Shawn L. (2019). "Evolution of fossil and living spider flies based on morphological and molecular data (Diptera, Acroceridae)". Systematic Entomology. 44 (4): 820–841. Bibcode:2019SysEn..44..820G. doi:10.1111/syen.12358.