Agathomyia elegantula
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Platypezidae
- Genus: Agathomyia
- Species: Agathomyia elegantula
Visual Description
Agathomyia elegantula is a small fly characteristic of the family Platypezidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that the species possesses a compact, robust body typical of the genus.[1] The thorax and abdomen are generally dark in coloration, with the wings appearing relatively large in proportion to the body size.[1]
Ecology and Distribution
Agathomyia elegantula (Fallén, 1815) is an uncommon species of Platypezidae distributed across North and temperate Europe.[2] It preferentially inhabits humid forests.[2] While its specific biology remains unknown, it has been recorded in the Gemer region of Central Slovakia, where specimens were collected via sweeping in the undergrowth of woods.[2] In the Czech Republic, the species is classified as vulnerable (VU).[2]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Platypezidae / Agathomyia / elegantula constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 4 Jindřích Roháček; Jan Ševčı́k. The fauna of Opetiidae and Platypezidae (Diptera) in the Gemer region (Central Slovakia). Casopis Slezského Zemského Muzea (A). 2011. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10210-011-0005-8.