Acrometopia wahlbergi
Acrometopia wahlbergi is a species of fly in the family Chamaemyiidae. It was originally described by Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt in 1846 under the basionym Oxyrhina wahlbergi [1].
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[2]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Chamaemyiidae
- Genus: Acrometopia
- Species: Acrometopia wahlbergi
Visual Description
Based on observations of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Acrometopia wahlbergi exhibits characteristic features of the family Chamaemyiidae [2]. The species is a small fly with a generally slender body form. Visible traits include a distinct head structure with prominent compound eyes and a thorax that displays a patterned or dusted appearance, typical of many chamaemyiids. The wings are clear and held in a characteristic position relative to the body when at rest. Due to the limitations of the available photographic resolution, finer diagnostic characters such as specific setal patterns on the head or thorax cannot be definitively resolved [2].
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References
- ↑ Acrometopia wahlbergi (Zetterstedt, 1846). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1674230. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Chamaemyiidae / Acrometopia / wahlbergi constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.