Amenia
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Calliphoridae
- Genus: Amenia
Visual Description
Members of the genus Amenia are robust flies often characterized by their metallic, often iridescent, coloration. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that these flies frequently exhibit distinct, often dark, abdominal markings or patterns against a metallic background.[1] The thorax and abdomen are typically well-developed, reflecting their status as members of the family Calliphoridae.[2]
Ecology and Interactions
Amenia species have been documented interacting with various plant species. For example, Amenia chrysame has been observed visiting flowers of Platysace linearifolia and interacting with Chrysocephalum apiculatum, as well as feeding on Leptospermum arachnoides.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Calliphoridae / Amenia constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Amenia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1504411. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Amenia. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Amenia. Accessed 2026-07-14.