Aleucosia cuneata
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 cuneata
Visual Description
Aleucosia cuneata is a species of bee fly within the family Bombyliidae. Observations of specimens from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal characteristic features of the genus and family.[1] The body is typically robust and covered in dense, often patterned, hair-like setae. The wings often exhibit distinct dark markings or patterns, which are characteristic of many species in this group. The head features large, prominent compound eyes, typical of the order Diptera.
Taxonomy and History
Aleucosia cuneata was originally described as Comptosia cuneata by F.W. Edwards in 1934.[2] It is currently recognized as an accepted species within the genus Aleucosia.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Bombyliidae / Aleucosia / cuneata constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Aleucosia cuneata (Edwards, 1934). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1665613. Accessed 2026-07-14.