Adrama selecta
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Tephritidae
- Genus: Adrama
- Species: Adrama selecta
Visual Description
Adrama selecta is a slender, elongated fly characterized by a predominantly orange-brown body coloration. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal several distinct morphological features:[1]
- Head and Eyes: The head features prominent, iridescent compound eyes that exhibit a multi-colored, metallic sheen.
- Thorax: The thorax is marked by a distinct dark, almost black, longitudinal pattern or patch on the dorsal surface, contrasting with the lighter orange-brown ground color.
- Body Form: The overall body shape is notably elongated and narrow, typical of certain groups within the Tephritidae.
- Wings: The wings are generally clear with dark markings or bands, which are characteristic of many tephritid flies.
Distribution and Classification
Adrama selecta was described by the entomologist Francis Walker in 1859.[2] The original description was published in the Journal and Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of London, Zoology, as part of his work on dipterous insects collected in the Aru Islands by A. R. Wallace.[2]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tephritidae / Adrama / selecta constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Adrama selecta Walker, 1859. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1623769. Accessed 2026-07-17.