Afroleptomydas rufithorax
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 rufithorax
Visual Description
Afroleptomydas rufithorax is a member of the family Mydidae, a group of flies often characterized by their robust, sometimes wasp-like appearance. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, specimens exhibit the typical elongated body form associated with the genus Afroleptomydas.[1] The thorax and abdomen show distinct coloration patterns, with the specific epithet rufithorax suggesting a reddish or rufous coloration on the thorax.
Taxonomy and History
Afroleptomydas rufithorax was originally described by the entomologist Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann in 1821, under the name Mydas rufithorax.[2] The species is currently accepted within the genus Afroleptomydas.[2]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Mydidae / Afroleptomydas / rufithorax constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Afroleptomydas rufithorax (Wiedemann, 1821). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1591766. Accessed 2026-07-16.