Adejeania vexatrix
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Tachinidae
- Genus: Adejeania
- Species: Adejeania vexatrix
Visual Description
Adejeania vexatrix is a robust, bristly fly characteristic of the family Tachinidae. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the species exhibits a dense covering of prominent, dark, spine-like setae over much of its body, particularly on the abdomen. The thorax and abdomen often display a mix of dark and yellowish-orange coloration, with the abdominal segments frequently showing distinct, dark, longitudinal or transverse markings against a lighter, yellowish background. The head is large, with prominent compound eyes and a well-developed, forward-projecting proboscis, which is adapted for feeding on nectar and pollen from flowers.[1]
Ecology and Distribution
Adejeania vexatrix is a tachinid fly that is widely distributed throughout the Rocky Mountains of Canada and the United States, where it is considered to be not uncommon.[2] Adults are frequently observed visiting montane composite flowers to feed on nectar and pollen.[2] As is typical for many species within the family Tachinidae, the specific larval hosts of A. vexatrix have not yet been identified.[2]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tachinidae / Adejeania / vexatrix constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 Robert K. Colwell. Discordant upslope range shifts shuffle parasitoid-host species interactions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2318022120.