Acupalpa rostrata
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 rostrata
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Acupalpa rostrata exhibits the characteristic body form of a stiletto fly.[1] The specimens display a slender, elongated abdomen typical of the family Therevidae. The thorax and abdomen are covered in fine, short setae, and the wings are generally clear or slightly tinted, held in a characteristic overlapping position over the abdomen when at rest.[1]
General Information
Acupalpa rostrata is a species of stiletto fly within the family Therevidae, subfamily Agapophytinae.[2] It was described by Kröber in 1912.[3] The genus Acupalpa includes 19 species, which have been subject to taxonomic revision using cybertaxonomic methods.[2]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Therevidae / Acupalpa / rostrata constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ Acupalpa rostrata Kröber, 1912. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1566277. Accessed 2026-07-17.