Amapeza amazonica
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Micropezidae
- Genus: Amapeza
- Species: Amapeza amazonica
Visual Description
Amapeza amazonica is a member of the family Micropezidae, commonly known as stilt-legged flies. While specific morphological details from the available dataset images are limited due to technical constraints in accessing the source imagery, members of this genus are generally characterized by their extremely long, slender legs and elongated bodies, which are typical of the family.[1]
Classification and Distribution
Amapeza amazonica was originally described by Enderlein in 1922.[2] It has been recognized as a valid species within the genus Amapeza.[3] Genetic data for this species is tracked by NCBI under the taxon ID 3085276.[4]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Micropezidae / Amapeza / amazonica constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Amapeza amazonica (Enderlein, 1922). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/11507836. Accessed 2026-07-16.
- ↑ Amapeza amazonica Marshall 2022, new combination - Plazi TreatmentBank. Plazi TreatmentBank. http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/xhtml/8A1D87FBFFBDFFE0FF4BFC9245AEFE27. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Amapeza amazonica. NCBI Nucleotide. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/?term=txid3085276[organism:exp]. Accessed 2026-07-15.