Adapsilia gratiosa
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Pyrgotidae
- Genus: Adapsilia
- Species: Adapsilia gratiosa
Visual Description
Adapsilia gratiosa is a fly characterized by a slender, elongated body typical of many members of the family Pyrgotidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that the wings exhibit distinct, complex patterning, often featuring dark, mottled, or banded markings against a lighter, somewhat translucent membrane.[1] The thorax and abdomen are generally robust, with the abdomen showing a cylindrical shape. The head is prominent, with large, well-developed compound eyes.[1]
General Information
Adapsilia gratiosa is a species of fly in the family Pyrgotidae, first described by the entomologist S.J. Paramonov in 1958.[2] This description was published as part of his review of Australian Pyrgotidae in the Australian Journal of Zoology.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Pyrgotidae / Adapsilia / gratiosa constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Adapsilia gratiosa Paramonov, 1958. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1630361. Accessed 2026-07-16.