Afromochtherus
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Asilidae
- Genus: Afromochtherus
Visual Description
Members of the genus Afromochtherus exhibit typical morphological characteristics of the family Asilidae (robber flies). Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that these flies possess a robust, elongated body form characteristic of predatory dipterans.[1] Key visible traits include a prominent, well-developed thorax and a distinct, elongated abdomen. The head features large, compound eyes typical of visual predators, and the legs are strong and bristly, adapted for capturing and handling prey.[1]
General Information
Afromochtherus is a genus of robber flies within the family Asilidae. It was described by the entomologist P.A. Lehr in 1996.[2] The genus is recognized in taxonomic databases and is part of the subfamily Asilinae.[3][2]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Asilidae / Afromochtherus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Afromochtherus Lehr, 1996. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1661339. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Afromochtherus. NCBI Nucleotide. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/?term=txid1717505[organism:exp]. Accessed 2026-07-14.