Aneomochtherus flavipes
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Asilidae
- Genus: Aneomochtherus
- Species: Aneomochtherus flavipes
Visual Description
Aneomochtherus flavipes exhibits the characteristic body form of the family Asilidae, commonly known as robber flies. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that these insects possess a slender, elongated abdomen and a robust thorax typical of the genus.[1] The legs are notably pale or yellowish, a trait reflected in the specific epithet flavipes.[2]
Ecology and Distribution
Aneomochtherus flavipes is a member of the genus Aneomochtherus, which is known to inhabit diverse environments including steppes and semi-deserts. In European regions, species within this genus are typically found in dry meadows, areas with sparse vegetation, herb-covered ravine slopes, and along forest edges.[3] The species is recognized as part of the robber fly fauna of the Caucasus.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Asilidae / Aneomochtherus / flavipes constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Aneomochtherus flavipes (Meigen, 1820). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/4515507. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- 1 2 В.В. Гладун. The first record of Aneomochtherus flavicornis (Ruthe, 1831) (Diptera: Asilidae) in Russia and in the Caucasus. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 2021. https://doi.org/10.23885/181433262021171-203204.