Aulacephala
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Tachinidae
- Genus: Aulacephala
Visual Description
The genus Aulacephala consists of flies that exhibit typical tachinid morphology. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, these insects possess a robust, hairy body, which is characteristic of many members of the family Tachinidae.[1] The thorax often displays distinct patterns or markings, and the wings are typically transparent with visible venation.[1]
Biology and Systematics
Aulacephala is a genus within the tribe Ormiini, a group of tachinid flies that includes 64 species across six genera.[2] A systematic revision of the genus recognizes two valid species. Notably, Therobia punctigera (Paramonov, 1955) has been reclassified as a synonym of Aulacephala hervei Bequaert, 1922.
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tachinidae / Aulacephala constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Silvio Shigueo Nihei. Systematic revision of the ormiine genera Aulacephala Macquart and Phasioormia Townsend (Diptera, Tachinidae). Zootaxa. 2015. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3931.1.1.