Astomella
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Acroceridae
- Genus: Astomella
Visual Description
Based on observations of specimens within the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Astomella flies exhibit a characteristic robust, hump-backed body form typical of the family Acroceridae.[1] They possess a small head relative to the large, globose thorax, and the abdomen is often broad and rounded.[1]
Ecology
Astomella is a genus within the family Acroceridae, a group of flies commonly known as spider flies. These insects are specialized endoparasitoids of true spiders (Araneae).[2] Documented hosts for Astomella species include spiders from the families Ctenizidae and Theraphosidae, which are members of the infraorder Mygalomorphae.
Distribution
The species Astomella hispaniae has a distribution that includes parts of Southern Europe, Turkey, Syria, and Algeria. Within Turkey, it has been recorded in the provinces of Antalya and Konya.
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Acroceridae / Astomella constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Derya ÇİFTÇİ; Abdullah Hasbenlí; Üzeyir Çağlar; Şirin Bahar Can. Contributions to the Turkish Fauna of Spider Flies (Diptera: Brachycera: Acroceridae). Biological Diversity and Conservation. 2021. https://doi.org/10.46309/biodicon.2021.856250.