Anomalochaeta guttipennis
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Opomyzidae
- Genus: Anomalochaeta
- Species: Anomalochaeta guttipennis
Visual Description
Anomalochaeta guttipennis is a small fly belonging to the family Opomyzidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that the species exhibits characteristic wing patterns, which are often diagnostic for members of this family.[1] The wings typically feature distinct dark markings or spots, from which the specific epithet guttipennis (meaning "spotted wing") is derived. The body is generally slender, consistent with the typical morphology of opomyzid flies.
Biology and Distribution
Anomalochaeta guttipennis was originally described by J.W. Zetterstedt in 1838 as Opomyza guttipennis.[2] It is an accepted species within the genus Anomalochaeta.[2]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Opomyzidae / Anomalochaeta / guttipennis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Anomalochaeta guttipennis (Zetterstedt, 1838). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1493864. Accessed 2026-07-16.