Anatella minuta
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Mycetophilidae
- Genus: Anatella
- Species: Anatella minuta
Visual Description
Anatella minuta is a small fly characteristic of the family Mycetophilidae. Based on examination of preserved specimens, the species exhibits a slender, elongated body typical of fungus gnats. The wings are generally clear and membranous, with venation patterns consistent with the genus Anatella. The thorax and abdomen are often brownish or yellowish in coloration, though this can vary depending on preservation. The legs are long and thin, which is a common feature among members of this family.[1]
Ecology
Anatella minuta has been documented in biotic interaction studies as a prey species for the bush cricket Conocephalus dorsalis.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Mycetophilidae / Anatella / minuta constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Anatella minuta. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Anatella%20minuta. Accessed 2026-07-15.