Amenia longicornis
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Calliphoridae
- Genus: Amenia
- Species: Amenia longicornis
Visual Description
Amenia longicornis is a blow fly characterized by a robust, metallic-colored body, typical of the genus Amenia. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset show individuals with a distinct, shiny, often greenish or bluish-metallic abdomen and thorax.[1] The wings are generally clear or slightly smoky, and the legs are dark. The head features prominent compound eyes and characteristic dipteran mouthparts.[1]
General Information
Amenia longicornis (Malloch, 1930) is a species of blow fly within the family Calliphoridae.[2] It was originally described by J.R. Malloch in 1930 under the name Neoamenia longicornis.[2] The species is recognized as an accepted name in taxonomic databases.[3][2]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Calliphoridae / Amenia / longicornis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 Amenia longicornis (Malloch, 1930). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1504412. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Amenia longicornis - Plazi TreatmentBank. Plazi TreatmentBank. http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/xhtml/9A5987F81627FFEAFA20F822FA33F5BD. Accessed 2026-07-14.