Acanthodotheca masculina
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Sarcophagidae
- Genus: Acanthodotheca
- Species: Acanthodotheca masculina
Visual Description
Based on observations of preserved specimens, Acanthodotheca masculina exhibits the characteristic body plan of the family Sarcophagidae, commonly known as flesh flies.[1] The specimens display a robust, bristly thorax and abdomen, typical of the family. The thorax features distinct longitudinal dark stripes against a lighter, greyish background. The abdomen shows a characteristic checkered or tessellated pattern, often associated with sarcophagid morphology.[1]
Status
Acanthodotheca masculina is an accepted species within the family Sarcophagidae.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Sarcophagidae / Acanthodotheca / masculina constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Acanthodotheca masculina. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/4296268. Accessed 2026-07-16.