Review of Australasian spider flies (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a revision of Panops Lamarck

Abstract

The Australasian spider flies (Diptera: Acroceridae) are reviewed, with all eight currently recognized genera diagnosed and figured. The panopine genus Panops Lamarck, 1804 from Australia and Indonesia is revised with four new species described, increasing the total number of species in the genus to nine: P. aurum sp. n., P. danielsi sp. n., P. jade sp. n. and P. schlingeri sp. n. Five species of Panops are redescribed: Panops austrae Neboiss, 1971, P. baudini Lamarck, 1804, P. boharti (Schlinger, 1959), comb. n., P. conspicuus (Brunetti, 1926) and P. grossi (Neboiss, 1971), comb. n. The monotypic genera Neopanops Schlinger, 1959 and Panocalda Neboiss, 1971 are synonymized with Panops. Keys to genera of Australasian Acroceridae and species of Panops, Helle Osten Sacken, 1896 and Australasian Pterodontia Gray, 1832 are included.