Anorostoma cinereum
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Heleomyzidae
- Genus: Anorostoma
- Species: Anorostoma cinereum
Visual Description
Anorostoma cinereum is a species of fly within the family Heleomyzidae. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, individuals exhibit a generally greyish or cinereous coloration, consistent with the specific epithet. The body is typically covered in fine, short setae. The wings are often clear or slightly smoky, with characteristic venation typical of the family. The head features prominent compound eyes and antennae with a plumose arista.[1]
Classification
Anorostoma cinereum was described by the entomologist Charles Howard Curran in 1932.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Heleomyzidae / Anorostoma / cinereum constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Anorostoma cinereum Curran, 1932. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1562592. Accessed 2026-07-15.