Afroleptomydas inhacae
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Mydidae
- Genus: Afroleptomydas
- Species: Afroleptomydas inhacae
Visual Description
Afroleptomydas inhacae is a member of the family Mydidae, a group of flies often characterized by their robust, sometimes wasp-like appearance. Observations of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a fly with a slender, elongated abdomen typical of many Mydidae.[1] The body exhibits a dark, often brownish or blackish coloration, and the wings are generally clear or slightly tinted. The head features prominent eyes, and the antennae are characteristic of the family, often being clubbed at the tips.[1]
General Information
Afroleptomydas inhacae was described by the entomologist A.J. Hesse in 1969.[2] The species was formally documented in his work, "The Mydaidae (Diptera) of southern Africa," published in the Annals of the South African Museum.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Mydidae / Afroleptomydas / inhacae constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Afroleptomydas inhacae Hesse, 1969. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/5979200. Accessed 2026-07-16.