- Acemya rufitibia
- Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.<a href="https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M" title="Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tachinidae / Acemya / rufitibia constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. [[dataset__treeoflife_200m]]">[1]</a>
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Tachinidae
- Genus: Acemya
- Species: Acemya rufitibia
- Visual Description
- Acemya rufitibia* is a species of fly within the family Tachinidae.<a href="https://www.gbif.org/species/1464992" title="Acemya rufitibia (Roser, 1840). GBIF. Accessed 2026-07-17. [[gbif__20260717]">[6]</a> Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset show that individuals possess the characteristic body plan of tachinid flies, including a robust thorax and abdomen.<a href="https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M" title="Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tachinidae / Acemya / rufitibia constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. [[dataset__treeoflife_200m]]">[1]</a> The specimens exhibit distinct coloration on the legs, consistent with the specific epithet *rufitibia*, which refers to reddish tibiae.<a href="https://www.gbif.org/species/1464992" title="Acemya rufitibia (Roser, 1840). GBIF. Accessed 2026-07-17. [[gbif__20260717]">[6]</a>
- Ecology and Interactions
- Acemya rufitibia* is known to be preyed upon by various organisms, including birds such as the common reed bunting (*Emberiza schoeniclus*) and the cattle egret (*Bubulcus ibis*), as well as the orb-weaver spider *Larinioides cornutus*.<a href="https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Acemya%20rufitibia" title="Acemya rufitibia. Global Biotic Interactions. Accessed 2026-07-15. [[globi__20260715]">[4]</a>
- References
1. Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tachinidae / Acemya / rufitibia constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M. dataset__treeoflife_200m
2. Acemya rufitibia (Roser, 1840). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1464992. Accessed 2026-07-17. [[gbif__20260717]">[6]</a>
3. Acemya rufitibia. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Acemya%20rufitibia. Accessed 2026-07-15. [[globi__20260715]">[4]</a>