Acrocera sanguinea
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Acroceridae
- Genus: Acrocera
- Species: Acrocera sanguinea
Visual Description
Acrocera sanguinea exhibits the characteristic morphology of the family Acroceridae, often appearing with a robust, somewhat globular body shape. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, individuals display distinct coloration patterns, often featuring reddish or brownish hues on the abdomen, which is consistent with the specific epithet sanguinea (meaning "bloody" or "blood-red") [1]. The wings are typically clear or slightly smoky, and the head is relatively small in proportion to the thorax.
Biology and Ecology
Acrocera sanguinea belongs to the family Acroceridae, a group of flies known as spider flies. Larvae of the family are endoparasitoids of spiders [2]. Unlike some other acrocerid genera that produce highly mobile planidial larvae, the genus Acrocera is characterized by larvae that move by crawling [2]. Larvae infect the spider's body directly, penetrating the body wall and attaching to the host's book lungs for respiration [2]. In Acrocera, the larval exuviae remain attached dorsally on the spider's opisthosoma [2].
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Acroceridae / Acrocera / sanguinea constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 4 Günther Langer. Ein seltener Parasitoid der WolfspinnePardosa alacris(Araneae: Lycosidae):Ogcodes gibbosus(Diptera: Acroceridae).. Arachnologische Mitteilungen Arachnology Letters. 2005. https://doi.org/10.5431/aramit2907.