Acronyches
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Asilidae
- Genus: Acronyches
Visual Description
Members of the genus Acronyches are robber flies that exhibit significant morphological variation across species, particularly in the structure of the hind femora and the coloration of the wings. Based on observations of museum specimens, these flies possess a relatively wide vertex and a face covered with bristly pile[2]. Some species, such as A. fenestratulus and A. plutactites, are characterized by greatly swollen hind femora adorned with dense tufts of pile, while others exhibit more slender, normal-shaped posterior femora[2]. Wing patterns also vary, ranging from hyaline with distinct markings to fumose (smoky) with hyaline spots[2]. These morphological traits are observable in preserved specimens cataloged in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset[1].
General Information
Acronyches is a genus of Neotropical robber flies (family Asilidae)[2]. The genus Megonyx Hull, 1962, is now considered a junior synonym of Acronyches, as the characters previously used to separate them are now recognized as specific rather than generic differences[2].
The genus includes several recognized species, such as A. alexanderi, A. fenestratulus, A. geosarginus, A. imitator, A. meruuna, A. plutactites, A. willistoni, A. maya, A. rarus, and A. westcotti[2].
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Asilidae / Acronyches constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Nelson Papavero. Neotropical Acronyches (Diptera, Asilidae), new or otherwise. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia. 1971. https://doi.org/10.11606/0031-1049.1971.23.p145-151.