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. Its distribution spans across the Palaearctic (Europe, Asia) and Afrotropical regions.
The larvae of this species are known to be kleptoparasites in the nests of solitary wasps and bees.
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.
- ↑ 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.