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Ogcodes
Ogcodes is a cosmopolitan genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. About 90 species have been described for the genus. It is the most common and speciose genus in its family. These flies are endoparasitoids of ground-dwelling entelegyne spiders.
Acrocera
Acrocera is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae.
Pterodontia
Pterodontia is a genus of small-headed flies (insects in the family Acroceridae). There are at least 20 described species in Pterodontia.
Lasia
genus of small-headed flies
Eulonchus
Eulonchus is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. There are six described species in Eulonchus. The genus is found in North America. Adults have a metallic blue, green or sometimes purple coloration, giving them a jewel-like appearance. A common name for flies in the genus is the North American jewelled spider flies. Adults are also known as "sapphires" or "emeralds".
Ocnaea
Ocnaea is a genus of small-headed flies (insects in the family Acroceridae). There are 20 described species in Ocnaea.
Corononcodes
Corononcodes is a genus of small-headed flies. It is known from South Africa and the Palearctic realm.
Pialea
Pialea is a genus of small-headed flies. It is known from South America.
Exetasis
Exetasis is a genus of small-headed flies. It is known from Brazil and Argentina.
Philopota
Philopota is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. It is the type genus of the subfamily Philopotinae.
Helle
genus of small-headed flies
Panops
Panops is a genus of small-headed flies. It is endemic to Australia and the Papua region of Indonesia. Males and females measure 8.0–12.5 mm and 9.5–14.5 mm, respectively. Their larvae are thought to be endoparasites of spiders in the infraorder Mygalomorphae, a trait shared by most other members of the subfamily Panopinae.
Psilodera
Psilodera is a genus of flies within the family Acroceridae. Members of this genus are found distributed in South Africa.
Sabroskya
Sabroskya is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae. It is known from South Africa and Malawi. It is named after the American entomologist Curtis Williams Sabrosky.
Apelleia
Apelleia is a genus of small-headed flies (insects in the family Acroceridae). It differs from Ocnaea by its glabrous eyes.
Mesophysa
Mesophysa is a genus of small-headed flies endemic to eastern Australia. It has been treated as a synonym of Panops by some authors, and a separate genus by others. Males and females measure 8–10 mm and 9–11 mm, respectively.
Leucopsina
Leucopsina is a genus of small-headed flies endemic to Australia. Flies in the genus are colored black and yellow, mimicking the appearance of a wasp. Males and females measure 9.0 mm and 12.0 mm, respectively.
Moegistorhynchus
Moegistorhynchus is a genus of tangle-veined flies in the family Nemestrinidae. It was described in 1840 by Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart.