Agelanius
Agelanius is a genus of horse flies (family Tabanidae, tribe Diachlorini) endemic to southern South America, with a distribution ranging from the Santiago Province to the Aysén Region in Chile, and the Neuquén and Chubut provinces in Argentina [1]. This genus is considered to be part of the most primitive group within the tribe Diachlorini [1].
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[2]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Tabanidae
- Genus: Agelanius
Visual Description
Agelanius species are generally medium-sized, brown flies [1]. Diagnostic morphological traits include a narrow frons, pilose eyes lacking bands, and a keel-shaped frontal callus that does not contact the eyes [1]. Additional features include slender, elongate maxillary palpi, a hairless subcallus, and a mesoscutum marked with narrow pale stripes [1]. The abdomen is typically brown and often features pale triangles on certain tergites [1]. Observations of museum specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset confirm the general brown coloration and overall body form consistent with these descriptions [2].
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References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Christian R. González. AGELANIUS CHILOENSIS, ANEW SPECIES OF HORSE FLY FROM SOUTHERN CHILE (DIPTERA: TABANIDAE). Gayana. 2009. https://doi.org/10.4067/s0717-65382009000100002.
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tabanidae / Agelanius constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.