Aulacigastridae
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Aulacigastridae
Visual Description
Aulacigastridae are small flies, often characterized by their distinct appearance. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal that these insects typically possess a robust, somewhat compact body form.[1] The head is often relatively large in proportion to the body, and the wings are typically clear or lightly patterned, showing characteristic venation patterns common to the family.[1]
Overview
Aulacigastridae is a family of flies within the order Diptera. They are recognized as one of the smaller families within the superfamily Opomyzoidea.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Aulacigastridae constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Jere Kahanpää. Checklist of the smaller families of Opomyzoidea, Anthomyzidae, Asteiidae, Aulacigastridae, Clusiidae, Odiniidae, Opomyzidae and Periscelididae (Diptera) of Finland. ZooKeys. 2014. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.441.7141.