Amobia floridensis
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Sarcophagidae
- Genus: Amobia
- Species: Amobia floridensis
Visual Description
Amobia floridensis is a fly species within the family Sarcophagidae. Observations of museum specimens from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that these flies possess typical sarcophagid morphology, characterized by a robust body structure.[1] Due to the nature of the preserved specimens, specific coloration patterns are difficult to resolve in detail, though the general form is consistent with other members of the genus.[1]
Ecology and Behavior
Amobia floridensis is known to act as a natural enemy of various solitary wasps. Research conducted at the Parque Estadual da Ilha Anchieta in Brazil identified this species as a significant parasite of wasps nesting in trap-nests.[2] In this study, it was the most abundant natural enemy recorded, responsible for 58.3% of all attacked brood cells.[2] It has been observed parasitizing nests of wasps in the genera Trypoxylon, Pachodynerus, and Podium.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Sarcophagidae / Amobia / floridensis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 Ana Luiza de Oliveira Nascimento. Vespas solitárias (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) ocupando ninhos-armadilha no Parque Estadual da Ilha Anchieta, Ubatuba, SP. . 2019. https://doi.org/10.11606/d.59.2019.tde-19022019-144330.