Aulacigaster mcalpinei
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Aulacigastridae
- Genus: Aulacigaster
- Species: Aulacigaster mcalpinei
Visual Description
Aulacigaster mcalpinei is a small fly, consistent with the general morphology of the family Aulacigastridae, which typically includes species ranging from 2 to 5 mm in length. Observations of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a dark-colored body covered in a thin, gray tomentum. The head features prominent, relatively large eyes. The wings are clear and exhibit the characteristic venation of the family, including a complete subcosta that reaches the wing margin and the presence of both radiomedial (r-m) and medial-cubital (dm-cu) crossveins.[1],[2]
Biology and Distribution
Aulacigaster mcalpinei was described by Mathis and Freidberg in 1994.[3] Like other members of the family Aulacigastridae, this species is associated with saprophagous habits, with larvae typically developing in plant exudates from tree wounds or in phytotelmata.
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Aulacigastridae / Aulacigaster / mcalpinei constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Carlos Henrique Marchiori. Survey of the families Anthomyzidae, Aulacigastridae, Odoniidae, Periscelididae, and Trichoceridae (Insecta: Diptera). Open Access Research Journal of Biology and Pharmacy. 2023. https://doi.org/10.53022/oarjbp.2023.9.2.0063.
- ↑ Aulacigaster mcalpinei Mathis & Freidberg, 1994. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1544530. Accessed 2026-07-14.