Pterodontia flavipes is a species of small-headed flies (insects in the family Acroceridae).

[2][3][4][5] Adult males are 5.5–10.5 mm in size, while adult females are 5–9 mm.

[6] The larvae are thought to enter their host spiders at the leg articulations.

[7] First instar larvae of the species have also been recorded attacking the mites Podothrombium and Abrolophus.

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