Afroleptomydas
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Mydidae
- Genus: Afroleptomydas
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, members of the genus Afroleptomydas exhibit typical characteristics of the family Mydidae.[1] These flies are generally robust, with elongated bodies and distinctively clubbed antennae, a hallmark of the family.[1] The wings are often clear or lightly tinted, and the overall body coloration can vary, with some species displaying dark, patterned abdomens.[1]
General Information
Afroleptomydas is a genus of flies belonging to the family Mydidae.[2] Like other members of this family, they are often referred to as mydas flies.[3] The genus is primarily distributed in Africa.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 4 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Mydidae / Afroleptomydas constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Afroleptomydas. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1591663. Accessed 2026-07-16.
- 1 2 Afroleptomydas. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afroleptomydas. Accessed 2026-07-15.