Apioceridae
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Apioceridae
Visual Description
Apiocerid flies are generally robust, medium-to-large sized insects. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal that they often possess a characteristic elongated body form, with a distinct, often pointed abdomen.[1] The head typically features prominent, well-developed eyes. The wings are often clear or lightly patterned, and the legs are generally strong, adapted for their active, often flower-visiting lifestyle.[1]
Overview
Apioceridae, commonly known as flower-loving flies, are a family of Diptera.[2] These flies are known for their association with flowers, where they feed on pollen and nectar.[2] Taxonomic research on this family has increasingly utilized integrated online resources, including digitized literature, specimen occurrence data, and image repositories, to facilitate modern cataloging and study.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Apioceridae constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Apiocera. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apioceridae. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Torsten Dikow; Donat Agosti. Utilizing online resources for taxonomy: a cybercatalog of Afrotropical apiocerid flies (Insecta: Diptera: Apioceridae). Biodiversity Data Journal. 2015. https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.3.e5707.