Amblypsilopus costalis
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Dolichopodidae
- Genus: Amblypsilopus
- Species: Amblypsilopus costalis
Visual Description
Amblypsilopus costalis is a member of the family Dolichopodidae, commonly known as long-legged flies. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that these flies possess the characteristic slender, elongated body form typical of the genus Amblypsilopus.[1] They exhibit long, thin legs and wings that are often held in a specific orientation relative to the body when at rest.[1]
General Information
Amblypsilopus costalis (Aldrich, 1904) is an accepted species within the family Dolichopodidae.[2] It was originally described under the name Agonosoma costalis by J.M. Aldrich in 1904.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Dolichopodidae / Amblypsilopus / costalis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Amblypsilopus costalis (Aldrich, 1904). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/11195406. Accessed 2026-07-15.