Archytas lateralis
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Tachinidae
- Genus: Archytas
- Species: Archytas lateralis
Visual Description
Archytas lateralis is a tachinid fly characterized by a robust, bristly body typical of the family. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that the species exhibits a dense covering of dark, stout setae, particularly on the thorax and abdomen.[1] The abdomen often displays a distinct pattern of coloration, with lateral markings that contribute to its specific identification.[1]
Knowledge Summary
Archytas lateralis (Macquart, 1844) is a species of fly within the family Tachinidae.[2] The genus Archytas was established by Jaennicke in 1867.[3] A redescription of the species was provided by José Henrique Guimarães in 1963, based on specimens from the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz collection.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tachinidae / Archytas / lateralis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Archytas lateralis (Macquart, 1844). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1461577. Accessed 2026-07-17.
- 1 2 José Henrique Guimarães. Fifth contribution to the knowledge of the genus Archytas Jaennicke, 1867 (Diptera, Tachinidae). Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. 1963. https://doi.org/10.1590/s0074-02761963000200004.