Bactrocera alyxiae
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Tephritidae
- Genus: Bactrocera
- Species: Bactrocera alyxiae
Visual Description
Bactrocera alyxiae is a species of fruit fly within the family Tephritidae. Observations of specimens from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal characteristic features of the genus, including a robust body form typical of many dacine fruit flies. The specimens exhibit a patterned thorax and abdomen, with distinct coloration often observed in this group. The wings are generally hyaline, consistent with the morphology of many Bactrocera species.[1]
History and Classification
Bactrocera alyxiae was originally described by A.W.S. May in 1953 as Strumeta alyxiae.[2] It is currently recognized as an accepted species within the genus Bactrocera.
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tephritidae / Bactrocera / alyxiae constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Bactrocera alyxiae (May, 1953). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/5087564. Accessed 2026-07-17.