Allopiophila atrifrons
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 atrifrons
Visual Description
The species Allopiophila atrifrons is a member of the family Piophilidae, commonly known as cheese flies or skipper flies. While specific morphological traits could not be resolved from the available dataset imagery, members of this family are generally characterized by their small size and often shiny, dark appearance.[1]
General Information
Allopiophila atrifrons was originally described as Piophila atrifrons by Melander and Spuler in 1917.[2] It is currently recognized as an accepted species within the genus Allopiophila.[2]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Piophilidae / Allopiophila / atrifrons constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Allopiophila atrifrons (Melander & Spuler, 1917). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1522379. Accessed 2026-07-16.