Adoxomyia rustica
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 rustica
Visual Description
Adoxomyia rustica exhibits morphological characteristics typical of the family Stratiomyidae. Observations from preserved specimen imagery reveal a robust, somewhat flattened body form. The thorax and abdomen display a dark, chitinous appearance, with fine, sparse pubescence visible on the dorsal surface. The wings are membranous and clear, with characteristic venation patterns consistent with the genus Adoxomyia.[1]
History and Classification
Adoxomyia rustica was originally described by the entomologist Carl Robert Osten-Sacken in 1877 under the basionym Clitellaria rustica.[2] The species is currently recognized as an accepted name within the genus Adoxomyia.[2]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Stratiomyidae / Adoxomyia / rustica constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Adoxomyia rustica (Osten Sacken, 1877). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1579795. Accessed 2026-07-16.