Acrochaeta pseudofasciata
Acrochaeta pseudofasciata is a species of Neotropical soldier fly in the family Stratiomyidae. It was described by entomologists Diego Aguilar Fachin and Dalton de Souza Amorim in 2015. [1]
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[2]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Stratiomyidae
- Genus: Acrochaeta
- Species: Acrochaeta pseudofasciata
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Acrochaeta pseudofasciata exhibits the characteristic habitus of a sargine soldier fly. [2] The specimens display a slender body form typical of the genus. Visible traits include a distinct, somewhat metallic coloration on the thorax and abdomen, and wings that appear clear or lightly tinted with characteristic venation patterns. [2]
Taxonomic History and Research
The species was described as part of a comprehensive taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the Neotropical genus Acrochaeta Wiedemann, 1830. [1] This work increased the number of recognized extant species in the genus from 10 to 14. [1] The study utilized 59 adult morphological characters to support the monophyly of the genus. [1] Acrochaeta pseudofasciata is included in the genus-wide identification key and is documented with descriptions and illustrations of its habitus, thorax, wing, and terminalia. [1]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Diego Aguilar Fachin; Dalton de Souza Amorim. Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the Neotropical genus Acrochaeta Wiedemann, 1830 (Diptera: Stratiomyidae: Sarginae). Zootaxa. 2015. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4050.1.1.
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Stratiomyidae / Acrochaeta / pseudofasciata constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.