A review of fossil spider flies (Diptera: Acroceridae) with descriptions of new genera and species from Baltic Amber
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DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2017.1289566
Abstract: Spider flies are a remarkable lineage of Diptera that develop exclusively as endoparasitoids of spiders; the only exception is found in the Chilean genus Carvalhoa (= Sphaerops), which remains ectoparasitic on the host for weeks… read more here.
Keywords: spider; flies diptera; review fossil; fossil spider ... See more keywords