Africaterphis
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Acroceridae
- Genus: Africaterphis
Visual Description
Based on observations of museum specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, members of the genus Africaterphis exhibit the characteristic body form of the family Acroceridae, often described as having a small head and a disproportionately large, globose abdomen.[1] The specimens typically display a compact thorax and wings that are held over the abdomen, with venation patterns consistent with the family's specialized morphology.[1]
General Information
Africaterphis is a genus of flies in the family Acroceridae, established by Evert I. Schlinger in 1968.[2][3] The genus was described in the Annals of the Natal Museum.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Acroceridae / Africaterphis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Africaterphis Schlinger, 1968. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1460012. Accessed 2026-07-13.
- ↑ Africaterphis Schlinger 1968, new genus - Plazi TreatmentBank. Plazi TreatmentBank. http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/xhtml/B95AA72FF130F9771395FBC294ECFD29. Accessed 2026-07-14.