Amoebaleria defessa
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Heleomyzidae
- Genus: Amoebaleria
- Species: Amoebaleria defessa
Visual Description
Amoebaleria defessa is a small fly characterized by a generally brownish or yellowish-brown body coloration. Observations of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal several distinct morphological traits:[1]
- Body Form: The fly exhibits a typical acalyptrate dipteran body shape, with a robust thorax and a somewhat elongated abdomen.
- Wing Structure: The wings are clear or slightly infuscated, with distinct venation characteristic of the family Heleomyzidae.
- Setation: The body and legs are covered in fine, scattered setae (bristles), which are particularly noticeable on the thorax and along the margins of the wings.
Biology and Classification
Amoebaleria defessa was originally described by C.R. Osten Sacken in 1877 as Blepharoptera defessa.[2] It is currently recognized as an accepted species within the genus Amoebaleria.[2]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Heleomyzidae / Amoebaleria / defessa constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Amoebaleria defessa (Osten Sacken, 1877). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/11209714. Accessed 2026-07-15.