Acatopygia paradoxa
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Therevidae
- Genus: Acatopygia
- Species: Acatopygia paradoxa
Visual Description
Acatopygia paradoxa is a slender, elongate fly, consistent with the general morphology of the genus Acatopygia [2]. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that the species possesses bright yellow antennae and forelegs [1]. Males are characterized by dense, silver velutinous pubescence on the abdomen [2]. The wings are strongly banded [2].
Distribution and Habitat
Acatopygia paradoxa is endemic to eastern Australia, with a distribution more commonly found in southern New South Wales [2]. The genus is typically associated with sandy, heath habitats [2].
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Therevidae / Acatopygia / paradoxa constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Shaun L. Winterton. Revision of the Australian stiletto fly genus Acatopygia Kröber (Diptera: Therevidae: Agapophytinae). Zootaxa. 2007. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1405.1.3.