Anatrichus
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Chloropidae
- Genus: Anatrichus
Visual Description
The genus Anatrichus consists of small flies within the family Chloropidae. While specific morphological traits can vary, members of this genus are generally characterized by their small size and typical chloropid body structure. Due to the limitations of the available dataset imagery, finer diagnostic morphological features such as specific setal patterns or precise wing venation cannot be resolved.[1]
Biology and Interactions
Anatrichus is a genus of flies belonging to the family Chloropidae. Some species within this genus, such as Anatrichus erinaceus, have been documented in biotic interaction databases as having parasitic relationships with other insects, specifically the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda.[2]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Chloropidae / Anatrichus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Anatrichus. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Anatrichus. Accessed 2026-07-14.