Acreotrichus antecedens
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Bombyliidae
- Genus: Acreotrichus
- Species: Acreotrichus antecedens
Visual Description
Acreotrichus antecedens exhibits the characteristic morphology of the family Bombyliidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that this species possesses a robust, somewhat hairy body, typical of bee flies.[1] The wings are generally clear or lightly patterned, and the head features prominent, large compound eyes.[1]
History and Classification
Acreotrichus antecedens was originally described by Francis Walker in 1849 as Bombylius antecedens.[2] It is currently recognized as an accepted species within the genus Acreotrichus.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Bombyliidae / Acreotrichus / antecedens constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Acreotrichus antecedens (Walker, 1849). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1665631. Accessed 2026-07-14.