Pterodontia flavipes
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| Pterodontia flavipes | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Acroceridae |
| Genus: | Pterodontia |
| Species: | P. flavipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Pterodontia flavipes | |
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Pterodontia flavipes is a species of small-headed flies (insects in the family Acroceridae).[2][3][4][5] Adult males are 5.5–10.5 mm in size, while adult females are 5–9 mm.[6] The larvae are thought to enter their host spiders at the leg articulations.[7] First instar larvae of the species have also been recorded attacking the mites Podothrombium and Abrolophus.[8]
