Androprosopa americana
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Thaumaleidae
- Genus: Androprosopa
- Species: Androprosopa americana
General Information
Androprosopa americana is a species of midge belonging to the family Thaumaleidae, commonly referred to as madicolous, seepage, or trickle midges [2]. The genus Androprosopa is distributed across the Nearctic, Palaearctic, and Oriental regions [2].
Habitat and Ecology
Thaumaleids are characteristically restricted to madicolous habitats, which are environments characterized by a thin film of water flowing over substrates, such as rock-face seepages, waterfall margins, and the splash zones of cascading streams [2].
Visual Description
Adult thaumaleids are small, typically measuring between 1.5 and 5.0 mm in length [2]. They generally exhibit a coloration ranging from yellow to dark brown and possess a stalky body, broad wings, and a short flagellum [2]. Identification of species within the genus Androprosopa relies heavily on the examination of male terminalia [2].
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References
- ↑ Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Thaumaleidae / Androprosopa / americana constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bradley J. Sinclair; Robert J. Pivar; JR. ARNAUD PAUL H.. World Catalogue of the family Thaumaleidae (Diptera: Culicomorpha). Zootaxa. 2022. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5225.1.1.