Andrenosoma rufiventre
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 rufiventre
Visual Description
Andrenosoma rufiventre is a species of robber fly (family Asilidae). Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, individuals exhibit a robust, hairy body typical of the genus.[1] The abdomen is notably reddish-orange, a characteristic trait reflected in the specific epithet rufiventre.[2] The thorax is generally dark, often appearing black or dark brown, and is covered in dense, bristly hairs. The wings are typically clear or slightly smoky, and the legs are robust with prominent bristles, facilitating their predatory lifestyle.[1]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Asilidae / Andrenosoma / rufiventre constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Andrenosoma rufiventre (Blanchard, 1854). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/11161539. Accessed 2026-07-14.