Amplisegmentum ecuadorense
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Therevidae
- Genus: Amplisegmentum
- Species: Amplisegmentum ecuadorense
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Amplisegmentum ecuadorense exhibits characteristics typical of the family Therevidae, commonly known as stiletto flies.[1] The specimens display a slender, elongated body form with a distinctively tapered abdomen. The coloration is generally muted, featuring shades of brown and grey, which likely serves as camouflage in their natural environment. The wings are held in a characteristic position, often overlapping or extending beyond the tip of the abdomen.[1]
General Information
Amplisegmentum ecuadorense is a species of stiletto fly described by D.W. Webb in 2005.[2] The species was formally published in the work "New genera of Neotropical Therevidae (Insecta: Diptera)" in Zootaxa.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Therevidae / Amplisegmentum / ecuadorense constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Amplisegmentum ecuadorense Webb, 2005. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/11157390. Accessed 2026-07-17.