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Acroceridae
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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 names are small-headed flies or hunch-back flies.[2] Many are bee or wasp mimics. Because they are parasitoids of spiders, they also are sometimes known as spider flies.[3]
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Pterodontia sp. fly | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Superorder: | Panorpida |
(unranked): | Antliophora |
Order: | Diptera |
Suborder: | Brachycera |
Superfamily: | Nemestrinoidea |
Family: | Acroceridae Leach, 1815 |
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