Agapophytus aterrimus
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Therevidae
- Genus: Agapophytus
- Species: Agapophytus aterrimus
Visual Description
Agapophytus aterrimus is a species of stiletto fly within the family Therevidae. Observations of specimens from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a slender, elongated body typical of the family. The species exhibits a predominantly dark, often black, coloration across the thorax and abdomen. The wings are generally clear or slightly tinted, with distinct venation patterns characteristic of the genus. The head features large, prominent compound eyes that occupy a significant portion of the dorsal surface.[1]
General Information
Agapophytus aterrimus was described by J.S. Mann in 1929.[2] The species is recognized as an accepted name in taxonomic databases.[2] Genetic information for this species is tracked in public repositories such as NCBI.[3]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Therevidae / Agapophytus / aterrimus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Agapophytus aterrimus Mann, 1929. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1566463. Accessed 2026-07-17.
- ↑ Agapophytus aterrimus. NCBI Nucleotide. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/?term=txid97367[organism:exp]. Accessed 2026-07-16.