Aleucosia danielsorum
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 danielsorum
Visual Description
Aleucosia danielsorum is a species of bee fly within the family Bombyliidae. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, individuals exhibit a robust, hairy body typical of many bee flies.[1] The thorax and abdomen are covered in dense, often pale or yellowish setae, providing a fuzzy appearance. The wings are typically clear or have subtle patterns, and the head features large, prominent compound eyes.[1]
Classification and History
Aleucosia danielsorum was described by the entomologist David K. Yeates in 1991.[2] The species was formally recognized as part of a revision of the Australian bee fly genus Aleucosia (Diptera: Bombyliidae).[2]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Bombyliidae / Aleucosia / danielsorum constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Aleucosia danielsorum Yeates, 1991. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1665612. Accessed 2026-07-14.