Ammonaios
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Therevidae
- Genus: Ammonaios
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, members of the genus Ammonaios exhibit the characteristic body form of stiletto flies (Therevidae).[1] They possess a slender, elongated abdomen and a relatively robust thorax. The wings are typically held flat over the abdomen when at rest. The coloration observed in these specimens is generally muted, featuring shades of brown, grey, or black, which may provide camouflage in their natural habitats.[1]
Overview
Ammonaios is a genus of stiletto flies within the family Therevidae.[2] The genus was described by Irwin and Lyneborg in 1981.[2] Genetic data for this genus is available through public repositories such as NCBI.[3]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Therevidae / Ammonaios constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Ammonaios Irwin & Lyneborg, 1981. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1565040. Accessed 2026-07-17.
- ↑ Ammonaios. NCBI Nucleotide. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/?term=txid359426[organism:exp]. Accessed 2026-07-16.