Acathrito
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Therevidae
- Genus: Acathrito
Visual Description
Based on observations of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, members of the genus Acathrito are small flies characterized by a compact, robust body form typical of the family Therevidae.[1] They possess large, prominent compound eyes that occupy a significant portion of the head. The thorax is covered in fine, short setae, and the wings are generally clear with distinct venation patterns.[1]
General Information
Acathrito is a genus of stiletto flies within the family Therevidae, formally described by Lyneborg in 1983.[2] The genus is recognized as an accepted taxon in biological databases.[2] Genetic data for this genus is cataloged in international nucleotide repositories.[3]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Therevidae / Acathrito constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Acathrito Lyneborg, 1983. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1565760. Accessed 2026-07-17.
- ↑ Acathrito. NCBI Nucleotide. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/?term=txid1614676[organism:exp]. Accessed 2026-07-16.