Aleucosia
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Bombyliidae
- Genus: Aleucosia
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, members of the genus Aleucosia exhibit characteristic features of the family Bombyliidae, including a robust, often densely pubescent body.[1] The wings often display distinct patterns or venation characteristics that have historically been used to differentiate species within the genus.[2]
Taxonomy and Systematics
The genus Aleucosia was established by Edwards in 1934.[3] Historically, it was treated as a subgenus of Comptosia Macquart, 1840, and was divided into four groups based on wing size, pattern, and venation.[2] Recent cladistic analysis of the subfamily Lomatiinae has confirmed the monophyly of Aleucosia within a revised arrangement of Comptosia sensu stricto.[2] Taxonomic discussions have highlighted that characters such as pubescence, leg spines, and postpedicel shape are significant for distinguishing groups within this complex.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Bombyliidae / Aleucosia constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 4 Livia Maria Frare. Análise Cladística da subfamília Lomatiinae Schiner, 1868 (Diptera: Bombyliidae). . 2025. https://doi.org/10.11606/t.38.2025.tde-24042025-110052.
- ↑ Aleucosia Edwards, 1934. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1665558. Accessed 2026-07-14.