Apiophora
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Mydidae
- Genus: Apiophora
Visual Description
Members of the genus Apiophora are flies within the family Mydidae. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, these insects exhibit a robust, elongated body form typical of many mydid flies.[1] They possess distinct, thickened hind femora, a characteristic feature often observed in this family.[1] The coloration observed in specimens includes dark, often banded patterns on the abdomen.[1]
General Information
Apiophora is a genus of flies in the family Mydidae, first described by the entomologist Rodolfo Amando Philippi in 1865.[2] The genus is recognized as a valid taxon within the order Diptera.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 4 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Mydidae / Apiophora constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Apiophora Philippi, 1865. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1591506. Accessed 2026-07-16.