Achias kurandanus
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Platystomatidae
- Genus: Achias
- Species: Achias kurandanus
Visual Description
Achias kurandanus is a species of fly within the family Platystomatidae. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, individuals exhibit the characteristic stalk-eyed morphology common to the genus Achias. The eyes are positioned at the ends of elongated lateral stalks extending from the head capsule. The body typically displays a robust, sclerotized appearance, with coloration often featuring dark brown to blackish tones on the thorax and abdomen. The wings are generally clear or lightly patterned, consistent with typical platystomatid wing venation.[1]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Platystomatidae / Achias / kurandanus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.