Agathomyia falleni
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 falleni
Visual Description
Agathomyia falleni is a species of flat-footed fly. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, individuals exhibit a compact, robust body form typical of the family Platypezidae.[1] The flies possess distinct, broad, and flattened tarsi on their hind legs, a characteristic trait that gives the family its common name.[1]
Ecology and Distribution
Agathomyia falleni is a rare species of flat-footed fly found in North and temperate Europe.[2] The species is considered vulnerable in the Czech Republic and rare in Slovakia, where its presence is associated with undisturbed woodland habitats.[2]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Platypezidae / Agathomyia / falleni constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 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.