Aciurina thoracica
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 thoracica
Visual Description
Aciurina thoracica, commonly known as the Desert Broom Gallfly, is a species of fruit fly in the family Tephritidae. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the adult fly exhibits a distinct body pattern characterized by a mottled or patterned thorax and abdomen, often featuring shades of brown, tan, and black. The wings typically display complex, dark, reticulated or banded patterns, which are characteristic of many tephritid flies. The overall body shape is typical of the family, with a relatively robust thorax and a well-defined head with prominent compound eyes.[1]
Biology and Ecology
Aciurina thoracica is known as a gall-inducing insect.[2] The species was described by C.H. Curran in 1932.[3]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tephritidae / Aciurina / thoracica constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Aciurina thoracica. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aciurina_thoracica. Accessed 2026-07-15.
- ↑ Aciurina thoracica Curran, 1932. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1625963. Accessed 2026-07-17.