Philopotinae is a subfamily of small-headed flies. They have an arched body shape, as well as enlarged postpronotal lobes that form a collar behind the head. Their larvae are endoparasites of araneomorph spiders in the subgroup Entelegynae.
Genera The subfamily includes twelve extant genera and four extinct: Africaterphis Schlinger, 1968 †Archaeterphis Hauser & Winterton, 2007 †Burmophilopota Feng et al., 2024 Dimacrocolus Schlinger, 1961 †Eulonchiella Meunier, 1912 Helle Osten Sacken, 1896 †Hoffeinsomyia Gillung & Winterton, 2017 Megalybus Philippi, 1865 Neophilopota Schlinger in Schlinger, Gillung & Borkent, 2013 Oligoneura Bigot, 1878 Parahelle Schlinger, 1961 Philopota Wiedemann, 1830 †Prophilopota Hennig, 1966 Quasi Gillung & Winterton, 2011 Schlingeriella Gillung & Winterton, 2011 Terphis Erichson, 1840 Thyllis Erichson, 1840
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