Acrocera
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Acroceridae
- Genus: Acrocera
Visual Description
Members of the genus Acrocera are characterized by a distinct, hunchbacked appearance, which is a common trait among the family Acroceridae.[1] Observations of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a globose, rounded body shape with a small head that is often tucked beneath the enlarged, arched thorax.[1] The wings are typically large and clear, often extending well beyond the abdomen, and the legs are relatively slender.[1]
General Information
Acrocera is a genus of small-headed flies in the family Acroceridae.[2] The genus was established by Johann Wilhelm Meigen in 1803.[3] Like other members of their family, they are known as spider flies because their larvae are endoparasitoids of spiders.[4]
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References
- 1 2 3 4 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Acroceridae / Acrocera constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Acrocera Meigen, 1803. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1460122. Accessed 2026-07-13.
- ↑ Acrocera Meigen 1803 - Plazi TreatmentBank. Plazi TreatmentBank. http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/xhtml/AE3C87C4FFE1101BF7ED8E51A88AA6E4. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Acrocera. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrocera. Accessed 2026-07-14.