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