Actina
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Stratiomyidae
- Genus: Actina
Visual Description
Members of the genus Actina are flies within the family Stratiomyidae.[2] Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, these flies exhibit a slender body form typical of many soldier flies.[1] They often display metallic coloration, ranging from green to bronze or bluish hues on the thorax and abdomen.[1]
Ecology
Actina species have been observed visiting various plants, such as Alliaria petiolata (garlic mustard) and Aesculus glabra (Ohio buckeye), suggesting a role in pollination or nectar feeding.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Stratiomyidae / Actina constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Actina. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actina. Accessed 2026-07-15.
- ↑ Actina. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Actina. Accessed 2026-07-15.