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.
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.
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. The wing venation includes the presence of vein R4, and the apex of the flagellum lacks setae.
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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.
- ↑ 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.