This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
Aprotheca is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae. It was described by the French entomologist Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart in 1851.[2] Recent nomenclatural studies have helped clarify the classification and typification of the genus.[3]
The genus Aprotheca is represented in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset by several preserved museum specimens.[1] Due to the limitations of the available imagery, specific morphological diagnostic characters cannot be resolved.