Actinodoria
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Tachinidae
- Genus: Actinodoria
Visual Description
Based on observations of museum specimens from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, members of the genus Actinodoria exhibit typical tachinid fly morphology.[1] They are characterized by a robust body structure, often with a dense covering of bristles (macrochaetae) on the thorax and abdomen. The head typically features large, prominent compound eyes and a well-developed, often silvery or metallic-toned, facial region (frons). The wings are generally clear or slightly tinted, with characteristic dipteran venation patterns.
Taxonomy and Classification
Actinodoria is a genus of flies within the family Tachinidae.[2] It was formally described by the entomologist Charles Henry Tyler Townsend in 1927.[3] The genus is currently recognized as an accepted name in taxonomic databases.[3]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tachinidae / Actinodoria constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Actinodoria. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinodoria. Accessed 2026-07-15.
- 1 2 Actinodoria Townsend, 1927. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1476179. Accessed 2026-07-17.