Philopotinae Schiner 1868
Creators: name: Feng, Qi
name: Zhuang, Jialiang
name: Shih, Chungkun
name: Ren, Dong
name: Wang, Yongjie
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Acroceridae

description: Key to genera of Philopotinae
1. Cubital and medial veins complete, reaching wing margin................................ † Burmophilopota gen. nov.
– Cubital and medial veins not reaching wing margin.......................................................... 2
2. Cell m 3 present.......................................................... † Hoffeinsomyia Gillung & Winterton
– Cell m 3 absent....................................................................................... 3
3. R 1 inflated at pterostigma............................................................................... 4
– R 1 inflated at pterostigma............................................................................... 5
4. Cell d present......................................................................... Helle Osten Sacken
– Cell d absent....................................................... Schlingeriella Gillung & Winterton, 2011
5. The humeral crossvein present........................................................ † Eulonchiella Meunier
– The humeral crossvein absent........................................................................... 6
6. Leg relatively elongate.............................................................. Dimacrocolus Schlinger
– Leg length normal.................................................................................... 7
7. Eyes pilose.......................................................................................... 8
– Eyes apilose......................................................................................... 9
8. Eyes densely pilose....................................................................... Thyllis Erichson
– Eyes sparsely pilose.................................................................... Parahelle Schlinger
9. Vein M 2 present and relatively long........................................................ Megalybus Philippi
– Vein M 2 absent...................................................................................... 10
10. Mouthpart vestigial and non-functional.................................................................. 11
– Mouthpart present and functional....................................................................... 13
11. Three pairs of tubercles present on segments II-IV of the abdomen; occiputextended posteriorly to form an acute ridge ….......................................................................................... Terphis Erichson
– Abdomen without tubercles; occiput rounded, not extended posteriorly......................................... 12
12. Antennae on ventral side of head, adjacent to mouthparts; abdomen conical.................. Quasi Gillung & Winterton
– Antennae on lower front side of head, but not adjacent to mouthparts; abdomen rounded.......... Africaterphis Schlinger
13. Mouthparts shorter than the head....................................................................... 14
– Mouthparts elongated and longer than the head............................................................ 15
14. Postpronotal lobes proximate but not contiguous medially........................ † Archaeterphis Hauser & Winterton
– Postpronotal lobes separated.......................................................... Neophilopota Schlinger
15. Vein R 4+5 reaching wing margin........................................................................ 16
– Vein R 4+5 not reaching wing margin..................................................... † Prophilopota Hennig
16. Palpi present.......................................................................... Oligoneura Bigot
– Palpi absent........................................................................ Philopota Wiedemann
description: Published as part of Feng, Qi, Zhuang, Jialiang, Shih, Chungkun, Ren, Dong & Wang, Yongjie, 2024, The oldest fossil record of Philopotinae (Diptera: Acroceridae) from the mid-Cretaceous amber of Northern Myanmar, pp. 435-443 in Zootaxa 5497 (3) on pages 438-439, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.3.8, http://zenodo.org/record/13618837