Acidiella caudata
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Tephritidae
- Genus: Acidiella
- Species: Acidiella caudata
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Acidiella caudata exhibits characteristic features of the family Tephritidae.[1] The specimens display a distinct wing pattern typical of many fruit flies, featuring dark, complex markings against a lighter, often hyaline background. The body structure is robust, with prominent compound eyes and a well-defined thorax and abdomen. The overall coloration includes shades of brown and yellow, which provide camouflage on plant surfaces.
General Information
Acidiella caudata (Hendel, 1914) is a species of fruit fly within the family Tephritidae.[2] It was originally described by Friedrich Hendel in 1914 under the name Machaomyia caudata.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tephritidae / Acidiella / caudata constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Acidiella caudata (Hendel, 1914). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/11219441. Accessed 2026-07-17.