Ametrodiplosis crassinerva
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Cecidomyiidae
- Genus: Ametrodiplosis
- Species: Ametrodiplosis crassinerva
Visual Description
Ametrodiplosis crassinerva is a small fly characteristic of the family Cecidomyiidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that the species possesses a delicate, slender body typical of gall midges.[1] The specimens exhibit long, thin legs and wings that are relatively large in proportion to the body size, with visible venation patterns consistent with the genus.[1]
Taxonomic History
Ametrodiplosis crassinerva was originally described by J. J. Kieffer in 1901 under the basionym Clinodiplosis crassinerva.[2] The species is currently recognized as an accepted name within the genus Ametrodiplosis.[2]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Ametrodiplosis / crassinerva constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Ametrodiplosis crassinerva (Kieffer, 1901). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1593995. Accessed 2026-07-14.