Archipialea chilensis
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Acroceridae
- Genus: Archipialea
- Species: Archipialea chilensis
Visual Description
Based on observations of museum specimens, Archipialea chilensis exhibits the characteristic body form of the family Acroceridae, with a relatively small head compared to the robust, globose thorax.[1] The eyes are holoptic, meeting above the antennal insertion.[2] The head is notably small, with a head-to-thorax width proportion of approximately 0.33.[2]
Biology and Distribution
Archipialea chilensis is a species of spider fly (family Acroceridae) described by E.I. Schlinger in 1973.[3] The genus Archipialea is endemic to Chile and is one of three genera of the subfamily Panopinae recognized in the country, alongside Arrhynchus and Lasia.[2]
Morphological studies of A. chilensis have noted several diagnostic features, including a weakly elevated ocellar triangle with a height/width ratio of 0.20, micropubescent eyes, and antennae inserted between the middle of the frons or slightly below it.[2] The wing venation includes the presence of vein R4, and the apex of the flagellum lacks setae.[2]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Acroceridae / Archipialea / chilensis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Christian R. González; Francisco Ramírez. Una especie nueva de Coquena (Diptera: Acroceridae) de Chile central con una clave para los géneros chilenos de Panopinae. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 2021. https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2021.92.3640.
- ↑ Archipialea chilensis Schlinger, 1973. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1459638. Accessed 2026-07-13.