Acanthocnema
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Scathophagidae
- Genus: Acanthocnema
Visual Description
Members of the genus Acanthocnema are small flies typical of the family Scathophagidae. Observations of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a body structure characteristic of the family, with a generally robust thorax and abdomen. The wings are typically clear or slightly tinged, and the legs often exhibit distinct setation, which is a common feature among scathophagids.[1]
Distribution and Ecology
Acanthocnema is a genus within the family Scathophagidae.[2] Research into the aquatic Diptera of Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia has identified the presence of Acanthocnema latipennis Becker, 1894, marking it as a new addition to the park's known fauna.[3] The genus is recognized in global biodiversity databases, including GBIF.[4] Genetic data for the genus is available through NCBI.[5]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Scathophagidae / Acanthocnema constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Acanthocnema. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthocnema. Accessed 2026-07-15.
- ↑ Marija Ivković; Valentina Dorić; Viktor Baranov; Zlatko Mihaljević; Levente‐Péter Kolcsár; Gunnar Mikalsen Kvifte; Jana Nerudová; Adrian C. Pont. Checklist of aquatic Diptera (Insecta) of Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia, a UNESCO world heritage site. ZooKeys. 2020. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.918.49648.
- ↑ Acanthocnema Becker, 1894. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1555588. Accessed 2026-07-16.
- ↑ Acanthocnema. NCBI Nucleotide. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/?term=txid113151[organism:exp]. Accessed 2026-07-15.