Acreotrichus
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Bombyliidae
- Genus: Acreotrichus
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, members of the genus Acreotrichus exhibit typical bee fly morphology.[1] They are characterized by a compact, often hairy body, which is a common trait among Bombyliidae. The wings are typically clear or lightly patterned, and the head features prominent, large eyes. Due to the nature of the photographic records, finer morphological details such as specific venation patterns or antennal structures are not consistently resolved in these images.[1]
Classification and Phylogeny
Acreotrichus Macquart, 1850 is a genus within the family Bombyliidae.[2] It is placed within the subfamily Phthiriinae.[3] The genus is part of a clade that includes Phthiria, Pygocona, and Australiphthiria, which is distinguished by the apomorphy of a bare mesopleuron.[3]
In phylogenetic studies, Acreotrichus is sometimes compared to fossil genera such as Elektrophthiria. It can be distinguished from Elektrophthiria by the structure of the third antennal segment, specifically the relative lengths of its dorsal and ventral prongs.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Bombyliidae / Acreotrichus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Acreotrichus Macquart, 1850. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1665625. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- 1 2 3 André Nel. Oldest records of Bombyliidae: Phthiriinae and Mythicomyiidae: Glabellulinae from the Lowermost Eocene amber of France (Diptera: Bombylioidea). European Journal of Entomology. 2006. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2006.016.