Acelyphus
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Celyphidae
- Genus: Acelyphus
Visual Description
Members of the genus Acelyphus are characterized by their distinctive, highly sclerotized, and often flattened appearance, which is typical of the family Celyphidae. Observations of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a smooth, often shiny, and heavily chitinized dorsal surface, which frequently obscures the abdomen.[1] The overall body form is compact, and the scutellum is notably enlarged, covering much of the posterior portion of the thorax and abdomen.[1]
Description
Acelyphus is a genus of flies belonging to the family Celyphidae.[2] The genus was described by John Russell Malloch in 1929.[2] Like other members of the family, they are often referred to as "beetle-flies" due to their resemblance to beetles, resulting from their enlarged, shield-like scutellum.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Celyphidae / Acelyphus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Acelyphus Malloch, 1929. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1617433. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Acelyphus. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acelyphus. Accessed 2026-07-14.