Panopinae Schiner, 1868

Winterton, Shaun L., 2012, Review of Australasian spider flies (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a revision of Panops Lamarck, ZooKeys 172, pp. 7-75 : 10

Subfamily Panopinae Schiner, 1868

Type genus.

Panops Lamarck, 1804: 263.

Diagnosis.

Usually large and densely pilose, body shape never arched; antennal flagellum elongate cylindrical to paddle-shaped, sometimes tapered but never stylate, usually lacking terminal setae; postpronotal lobes never meeting medially; wing venation complete to wing margin (rarely reduced), cells m3, d, bm and basal r4+5 typically present, closed distally; tibial spines present (rarely absent); larvae exclusively parasitoids of mygalomorph spiders.