''Dactylacantha'' is a genus of flies in the family

Stratiomyidae The soldier flies (Stratiomyidae, sometimes misspelled as Stratiomyiidae, from Greek - soldier; - fly) are a family of flies (historically placed in the now-obsolete group Orthorrhapha). The family contains over 2,700 species in over 380 extan ...

. The genus is monotypic, its only species being ''Dactylacantha plaumanni''.

Distribution

Brazil.

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q18112381, from2=Q14677276 Stratiomyidae Brachycera genera Taxa named by Erwin Lindner Diptera of South America Endemic insects of Brazil Taxa described in 1964