Apocephalus coquilletti
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Phoridae
- Genus: Apocephalus
- Species: Apocephalus coquilletti
Visual Description
Apocephalus coquilletti is a small fly, typical of the family Phoridae, characterized by a compact body form. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that the species exhibits a dark, sclerotized thorax and abdomen.[1] The wings are generally clear with reduced venation, a common trait among phorids.[1]
Classification and History
Apocephalus coquilletti was described by the entomologist John Russell Malloch in 1912.[2] It is a recognized species within the genus Apocephalus.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Phoridae / Apocephalus / coquilletti constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Apocephalus coquilletti Malloch, 1912. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1545484. Accessed 2026-07-16.