Philopotinae
# Philopotinae

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
* 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
