Acelyphus politus
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Celyphidae
- Genus: Acelyphus
- Species: Acelyphus politus
Description
Acelyphus politus is a species of fly in the family Celyphidae. It was described by J.R. Malloch in 1929.[2]
Visual Description
While specific morphological traits cannot be resolved from the available dataset imagery, members of the family Celyphidae are generally characterized by their highly modified, beetle-like appearance, often featuring a greatly enlarged, convex scutellum that covers the wings and abdomen.[1]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Celyphidae / Acelyphus / politus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Acelyphus politus Malloch, 1929. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1617439. Accessed 2026-07-14.