Acantothereva
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Therevidae
- Genus: Acantothereva
Visual Description
Members of the genus Acantothereva are small to medium-sized flies that exhibit a cryptic appearance, often blending in with sandy substrates. Observations of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal wings characterized by distinct, dark, spot-like markings or patches along the veins, providing a mottled appearance.[1] The thorax and abdomen typically display a pale, often greyish or brownish, coloration with fine setal coverage.[1] The legs are relatively slender and equipped with visible bristles, which are common features within the family Therevidae.[1]
General Information
Acantothereva is a genus of stiletto flies within the family Therevidae. It was described by the entomologist Eugène Séguy in 1935.[2][3] The genus is recognized as a valid taxon in global biological databases.[3] Genetic data for this genus is tracked in international repositories such as NCBI Nucleotide.[4]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 4 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Therevidae / Acantothereva constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Acantothereva Seguy 1935 - Plazi TreatmentBank. Plazi TreatmentBank. http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/xhtml/A00BB407367FCB05B7BC6D1AFCDC6988. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- 1 2 Acantothereva Séguy, 1935. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1565162. Accessed 2026-07-17.
- ↑ Acantothereva. NCBI Nucleotide. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/?term=txid359423[organism:exp]. Accessed 2026-07-16.