Aleucosia atherix
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Bombyliidae
- Genus: Aleucosia
- Species: Aleucosia atherix
Visual Description
Aleucosia atherix exhibits the characteristic body form of the family Bombyliidae, often referred to as bee flies. Observations of specimens from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a robust, somewhat hairy appearance. The body is typically marked with distinct patterns of light and dark coloration, often featuring bands or patches of pale, hair-like scales on the abdomen. The wings are generally clear or have subtle markings, and the head is dominated by large, prominent compound eyes.[1]
Taxonomic History
Aleucosia atherix was originally described by Edward Newman in 1841 under the name Neuria atherix.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Bombyliidae / Aleucosia / atherix constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Aleucosia atherix (Newman, 1841). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1665569. Accessed 2026-07-14.