Amblypsilopus variegatus
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 variegatus
Visual Description
Amblypsilopus variegatus is a small fly characterized by a slender body form typical of the family Dolichopodidae. Observations from dataset imagery indicate that the species possesses long, predominantly yellow legs that generally lack major, conspicuous setation, though they are covered in short, semi-erect hairs.[1] The abdominal tergites often exhibit a pattern of yellow coloration with distinct metallic green posterior bands.[2]
Biology and Ecology
Amblypsilopus is a complex, pantropical genus. Adults of this genus are known to frequent tree trunks, where they hunt small arthropods and search for mates.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Dolichopodidae / Amblypsilopus / variegatus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Daniel J. Bickel; Mónica M. Solórzano‐Kraemer. The Dolichopodidae (Diptera) of Mexican amber. Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana. 2016. https://doi.org/10.18268/bsgm2016v68n1a3.