Aciurina mexicana
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Tephritidae
- Genus: Aciurina
- Species: Aciurina mexicana
Visual Description
Aciurina mexicana is a small fly characterized by distinctive wing patterns. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset show that the wings are dark with prominent, light-colored, irregular markings or spots.[1] The body exhibits a reddish-brown coloration, and the thorax is covered in a fine, pale, or yellowish pubescence.[1]
Distribution and Classification
Aciurina mexicana was described by Martin L. Aczél in 1953.[2] It is a member of the family Tephritidae, a group commonly known as fruit flies.[2]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tephritidae / Aciurina / mexicana constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Aciurina mexicana (Aczél, 1953). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1625941. Accessed 2026-07-17.