Alepidophora pealei
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Bombyliidae
- Genus: Alepidophora
- Species: Alepidophora pealei
Visual Description
Alepidophora pealei is known from fossil specimens. Based on examination of fossil material, the specimens exhibit the characteristic body plan of the family Bombyliidae, including a robust, somewhat compact thorax and abdomen typical of bee flies. The preservation of these fossils allows for the observation of wing venation patterns and general body proportions, which are consistent with the genus Alepidophora[1].
History and Classification
Alepidophora pealei was described by T. D. A. Cockerell in 1909. The species was published in his work "Descriptions of Tertiary insects. Part V. Some new Diptera" in the American Journal of Science[2]. It is currently recognized as an accepted species within the genus Alepidophora[2].
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Bombyliidae / Alepidophora / pealei constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Alepidophora pealei Cockerell, 1909. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/4788003. Accessed 2026-07-14.