Acrosathe annulata
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Therevidae
- Genus: Acrosathe
- Species: Acrosathe annulata
Visual Description
Acrosathe annulata, commonly known as the coastal silver-stiletto, is a species of stiletto fly within the family Therevidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a slender, elongated body typical of the family. The flies exhibit a characteristic silver-grey or metallic appearance, often with fine, dense pubescence covering the thorax and abdomen. The wings are generally clear or slightly infuscated, and the legs are slender.[1]
Biology and Classification
Acrosathe annulata was originally described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1805 as Bibio annulata.[2] The genus Acrosathe is recognized as a valid genus within the family Therevidae, established through taxonomic revisions that emphasize the importance of male and female terminalia characters for defining generic concepts.[3]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Therevidae / Acrosathe / annulata constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Acrosathe annulata (Fabricius, 1805). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1565135. Accessed 2026-07-17.
- ↑ Michael E. Irwin; Leif Lyneborg. The Genera of Nearctic Therevidae. Illinois Natural History Survey bulletin/Bulletin - Illinois Natural History Survey. 1980. https://doi.org/10.21900/j.inhs.v32.143.