Anomalempis
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Brachystomatidae
- Genus: Anomalempis
Overview
Anomalempis is a genus of flies in the family Brachystomatidae, established by Melander in 1928 [2]. Historically known from North America, the genus has also been recorded in the Palaearctic region [3]. This distribution pattern is considered an example of Asio-Nearctic disjunction within the superfamily Empidoidea [3].
Visual Description
Based on specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Anomalempis flies are mid-sized, generally greyish in appearance with pale setae [1]. The body exhibits a characteristic setose texture, and the overall form is consistent with other members of the Empidoidea [1].
Morphology and Identification
Anomalempis can be distinguished from the related Palaearctic genus Brachystoma by the structure of the wing venation: Anomalempis possesses an unbranched (simple) R4+5 vein, whereas Brachystoma has a forked R4+5 [3]. Both genera share a characteristic elongated cell cua, which is slightly longer than cell bm [3].
Biology
While the mouthparts of Anomalempis suggest a predatory lifestyle, specific biological information for the genus remains unknown [3].
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Brachystomatidae / Anomalempis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Anomalempis Melander, 1928. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1444913. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- 1 2 3 4 5 I. V. Shamshev. First record of the genus Anomalempis Melander (Diptera: Empidoidea: Brachystomatidae) from the Palaearctic region (Russia). Euroasian Entomological Journal. 2022. https://doi.org/10.15298/rusentj.31.1.15.