Adersia oestroides
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Tabanidae
- Genus: Adersia
- Species: Adersia oestroides
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Adersia oestroides exhibits characteristics typical of the family Tabanidae.[1] The specimens display a robust, fly-like body form with large, prominent compound eyes. The wings are well-developed and clear, and the thorax and abdomen show distinct coloration patterns, often with brownish or yellowish tones consistent with many horse fly species.[1]
Taxonomy and Classification
Adersia oestroides was originally described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1888 under the basionym Silvius oestroides.[2] It is a recognized species within the family Tabanidae, which includes various horse flies and deer flies.[3]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tabanidae / Adersia / oestroides constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Adersia oestroides (Karsch, 1888). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1501264. Accessed 2026-07-17.
- ↑ Adersia oestroides. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adersia_oestroides. Accessed 2026-07-15.