Andrenosoma tectamum
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 tectamum
Visual Description
Andrenosoma tectamum exhibits the characteristic robust, bee-mimicking body form typical of the genus Andrenosoma. Observations of specimens from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a densely pilose (hairy) thorax and abdomen, often featuring distinct color patterns in the pubescence that contribute to its resemblance to Hymenoptera.[1] The head is equipped with prominent, large compound eyes and a stout, piercing proboscis adapted for predatory feeding, a hallmark of the family Asilidae.[1]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Asilidae / Andrenosoma / tectamum constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.