Anabarhynchus ferrugineus
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Therevidae
- Genus: Anabarhynchus
- Species: Anabarhynchus ferrugineus
Visual Description
Anabarhynchus ferrugineus exhibits the characteristic slender, elongated body form typical of stiletto flies (Therevidae). Observations of specimens from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset[1] reveal a generally brownish or ferruginous (rust-colored) overall coloration, consistent with its specific epithet. The flies possess prominent, large compound eyes that occupy a significant portion of the head. The wings are typically clear or slightly tinted, held in a characteristic resting position along the abdomen. The legs are relatively long and slender, adapted for their typical behavior of resting on vegetation or ground surfaces.
General Information
Anabarhynchus ferrugineus is a species of stiletto fly in the family Therevidae. It was described by the entomologist Leif Lyneborg in 2001 as part of his work on the Australian stiletto-flies of the Anabarhynchus genus-group.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Therevidae / Anabarhynchus / ferrugineus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Anabarhynchus ferrugineus Lyneborg, 2001. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1565012. Accessed 2026-07-17.