Apioceridae
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Apioceridae
Visual Description
Apiocerid flies are generally robust, medium-to-large sized insects. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal that they often possess a characteristic elongated body form, with a distinct, often pointed abdomen.[1] The head typically features prominent, well-developed eyes. The wings are often clear or lightly patterned, and the legs are generally strong, adapted for their active, often flower-visiting lifestyle.[1]
Overview
Apioceridae, commonly known as flower-loving flies, are a family of Diptera.[2] These flies are known for their association with flowers, where they feed on pollen and nectar. Taxonomic research on this family has increasingly utilized integrated online resources, including digitized literature, specimen occurrence data, and image repositories, to facilitate modern cataloging and study.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Apioceridae constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Apiocera. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apioceridae. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Torsten Dikow; Donat Agosti. Utilizing online resources for taxonomy: a cybercatalog of Afrotropical apiocerid flies (Insecta: Diptera: Apioceridae). Biodiversity Data Journal. 2015. https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.3.e5707.