Anacanthella
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Stratiomyidae
- Genus: Anacanthella
Visual Description
Members of the genus Anacanthella exhibit distinct morphological characteristics typical of the family Stratiomyidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a robust, metallic-colored thorax with a dense, textured appearance.[1] The head features large, prominent compound eyes that dominate the facial region, often showing a uniform, dark, or purplish-red coloration.[1] The abdomen is often characterized by a contrasting, iridescent, or metallic sheen, which may differ in color from the thorax.[1]
General Information
Anacanthella is a genus of soldier flies within the family Stratiomyidae.[2] The genus was described by the French entomologist Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart in 1855.[3] Like other members of its family, it is recognized as a distinct group within the order Diptera.[4]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 4 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Stratiomyidae / Anacanthella constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Anacanthella Macquart, 1855. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1579725. Accessed 2026-07-16.
- ↑ Neal L. Evenhuis; Thomas Pape; Adrian C. Pont. Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names. Part V: Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart. Zootaxa. 2016. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4172.1.1.
- ↑ Anacanthella. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacanthella. Accessed 2026-07-15.