Agria
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Sarcophagidae
- Genus: Agria
Visual Description
Members of the genus Agria are flies within the family Sarcophagidae. Based on observations of museum specimens, they exhibit the characteristic robust, bristly body form typical of many flesh flies. The thorax and abdomen often display distinct patterns of dark, longitudinal stripes or a checkered appearance, which are common diagnostic features in this family. The wings are generally clear and membranous, with well-defined venation patterns characteristic of the order Diptera.[1]
Biology and Research
The genus Agria Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, has been reviewed in the context of its Chinese fauna, which has contributed to an expanded definition of the genus.[2] Diagnostic and phylogenetic studies of the genus often utilize the distribution of coeloconic sensilla on the male pre- and postgonite as key characters.[2] Research has also documented both sexes of Agria mihalyii (Rohdendorf and Verves, 1978), which was recorded from China for the first time, and provided a key to the males of the two Agria species known from that region.[2]
Ecological interactions involving Agria include predation; for example, Agria affinis has been documented as being preyed upon by the dragonfly Somatochlora flavomaculata.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Sarcophagidae / Agria constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 Dong Zhang; Ming Zhang; Yiou Chen; Thomas Pape. Review of the genus Agria (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) from China. ZooKeys. 2013. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.310.5346.
- ↑ Agria. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Agria. Accessed 2026-07-10.