Adoxomyia heminopla
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Stratiomyidae
- Genus: Adoxomyia
- Species: Adoxomyia heminopla
Visual Description
Adoxomyia heminopla is a soldier fly characterized by a dark body adorned with reddish-brown and silvery pubescence.[2] Diagnostic morphological features include the structure of the antennae, the pollination of the frons, and the size and position of the scutellar spines.[2] The scutellar spines are notably large, reaching nearly the length of the scutellum and at least 4/5 of the distance between them.[2] In males, the silvery pubescence of the frontal triangle covers its entire surface and extends to the base of the antennae.[2] Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset confirm these general morphological traits.[1]
Biology and Ecology
Adoxomyia heminopla is an Oriental species of soldier fly.[2] Larvae have been reared from decaying papaya stems and the rhizomes of Kaempferia (Zingiberaceae).[2] Additionally, they have been found developing in sandy soil within the decaying underground shoots of the perennial spurge Euphorbia caducifolia.[2] The larval body is light brown and flattened, with an integument covered in light-colored, polygonal plates that give it a cellular appearance.[2]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Stratiomyidae / Adoxomyia / heminopla 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 6 7 8 Н. П. Кривошеина. New data on morphology and biology of soldier flies Adoxomyia cinerascens (Loew, 1873) and A. heminopla (Wiedemann, 1819) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 2014. https://doi.org/10.23885/1814-3326-2014-10-2-287-295.