Andrenosoma cruentum
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Asilidae
- Genus: Andrenosoma
- Species: Andrenosoma cruentum
Visual Description
Andrenosoma cruentum is a species of robber fly (family Asilidae). Based on observations of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the species exhibits a robust, hairy body typical of many robber flies.[1] The thorax and abdomen are covered in dense, dark setae, and the overall coloration is predominantly black or dark brown.[1]
Ecology and Interactions
Andrenosoma cruentum is a predatory insect. It has been documented to prey upon the Western honey bee (Apis mellifera).[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Asilidae / Andrenosoma / cruentum constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Andrenosoma cruentum. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Andrenosoma%20cruentum. Accessed 2026-07-14.