Small-headed-fly
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Ocnaea boharti
Ocnaea boharti is a species of small-headed fly in the family Acroceridae, described by Schlinger in 1983. The species epithet honors Richard M. Bohart (1913–2007), a prominent UC Davis entomologist who researched Strepsiptera and for whom the Bohart Museum of Entomology is named. Members of the genus Ocnaea are known as endoparasitoids of spiders, with larvae entering host bodies and consuming them from within. This species belongs to the subfamily Panopinae, one of several lineages within this morphologically unusual family of Diptera.
Ogcodes pallidipennis
A species of small-headed fly in the family Acroceridae. Larvae are parasitic, developing within the wolf spider *Pardosa lapidicina*.
Turbopsebius diligens
small-headed fly
Turbopsebius diligens is a species of small-headed fly in the family Acroceridae, described by Osten Sacken in 1877. It was originally placed in the genus Opsebius before being transferred to Turbopsebius. Small-headed flies are a distinctive group of Diptera characterized by their unusual head morphology and parasitoid life history. The species has been documented through limited observations, with approximately 20 records on iNaturalist.