Apocephalus rugosus
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 rugosus
Visual Description
Apocephalus rugosus is a small fly characteristic of the family Phoridae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a body structure typical of scuttle flies, featuring a compact thorax and a relatively small, rounded head.[1] The wings are clear and membranous, with a distinct venation pattern concentrated near the anterior margin, a common trait in this family.[1]
Biology and Ecology
Apocephalus rugosus was described by Brian V. Brown in 2002 as part of his revision of the Apocephalus pergandei-group of ant-decapitating flies.[2]
Members of the genus Apocephalus are well-known as parasitoids of ants.[3] These flies often locate their hosts by eavesdropping on ant chemical communication, utilizing host-derived pheromones to identify and approach potential targets.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Phoridae / Apocephalus / rugosus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Apocephalus rugosus Brown, 2002. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1545421. Accessed 2026-07-16.
- 1 2 Rachelle M. M. Adams; Rachel Wells; Stephen P. Yanoviak; Christopher J. Frost; Eduardo Gonçalves Paterson Fox. Interspecific Eavesdropping on Ant Chemical Communication. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2020. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00024.