Amictus variegatus
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Bombyliidae
- Genus: Amictus
- Species: Amictus variegatus
Visual Description
Amictus variegatus is a species of bee fly within the family Bombyliidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal that these flies possess a robust, hairy body, a characteristic feature of many bombyliids.[1] The body exhibits a distinct pattern of coloration, often featuring variegated or banded markings on the abdomen, which contributes to its specific epithet.[1]
Ecology and Behavior
Amictus variegatus has been documented visiting flowers of plants in the family Asteraceae.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Bombyliidae / Amictus / variegatus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Amictus variegatus. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Amictus%20variegatus. Accessed 2026-07-14.