Amblyonychus
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Asilidae
- Genus: Amblyonychus
Visual Description
Based on observations of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, members of the genus Amblyonychus exhibit typical asilid (robber fly) morphology.[1] They possess a robust, elongated body structure characteristic of the family. The thorax is well-developed, supporting strong, functional wings, and the head features prominent, large compound eyes typical of predatory dipterans. The legs are generally sturdy, adapted for grasping prey.
General Information
Amblyonychus is a genus of robber flies (family Asilidae) described by Hermann in 1921.[2] As members of the Asilidae, they are recognized as predatory insects. Further genetic information for this genus is cataloged in the NCBI Nucleotide database.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Asilidae / Amblyonychus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Amblyonychus Hermann, 1921. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1655282. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Amblyonychus. NCBI Nucleotide. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/?term=txid2174091[organism:exp]. Accessed 2026-07-14.