Allopiophila arctica
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Piophilidae
- Genus: Allopiophila
- Species: Allopiophila arctica
Visual Description
Allopiophila arctica is a member of the family Piophilidae, commonly known as cheese flies or skipper flies. While specific morphological details are difficult to resolve from the available dataset images, specimens generally exhibit the characteristic body form of small, dark-colored acalyptrate flies.[1]
Ecology and Interactions
Allopiophila arctica has been documented interacting with various plant species in its environment. Records indicate that this species acts as a pollinator for plants in the genera Dryas and Salix.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Piophilidae / Allopiophila / arctica constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Allopiophila arctica. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Allopiophila%20arctica. Accessed 2026-07-15.