Acupalpa albitarsa
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Therevidae
- Genus: Acupalpa
- Species: Acupalpa albitarsa
Visual Description
Acupalpa albitarsa is a species of stiletto fly. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, individuals exhibit the characteristic slender, elongated body form typical of the family Therevidae.[1] The flies possess prominent, compound eyes and relatively long, thin legs.[1]
Biology and Classification
Acupalpa albitarsa was described by Mann in 1929.[2] It is recognized as one of 19 species within the genus Acupalpa, which belongs to the subfamily Agapophytinae.[3]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Therevidae / Acupalpa / albitarsa constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Acupalpa albitarsa Mann, 1929. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1566283. Accessed 2026-07-17.
- ↑ Shaun L. Winterton. Revision of the stiletto fly genera Acupalpa Kröber and Pipinnipons Winterton (Diptera, Therevidae, Agapophytinae) using cybertaxonomic methods, with a key to Australasian genera. ZooKeys. 2011. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.95.1461.