Apodacra dispar
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Sarcophagidae
- Genus: Apodacra
- Species: Apodacra dispar
Visual Description
Apodacra dispar is a small to medium-sized fly. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the species exhibits a robust, somewhat angular head profile characteristic of the genus. The abdomen typically displays a silver-white ground color.[1] Morphological features distinguishing this species include yellow setae on the gena and a widened hind first tarsomere equipped with a ventral ctenidium.[2]
Ecology and Distribution
Apodacra dispar is a psammophilous (sand-loving) species, showing a preference for sandy habitats.[2] Its distribution spans across the Palaearctic (Europe, Asia) and Afrotropical regions.[2]
The larvae of this species are known to be kleptoparasites in the nests of solitary wasps and bees.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Sarcophagidae / Apodacra / dispar constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 4 Yu. G. Verves. Review of Subtribe Apodacrina (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) of Middle East with Descriptions of Ten New Species. Zoodiversity. 2020. https://doi.org/10.15407/zoo2020.03.183.