Anthomyza tenuis
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Anthomyzidae
- Genus: Anthomyza
- Species: Anthomyza tenuis
Visual Description
Anthomyza tenuis is a small, slender fly characteristic of the family Anthomyzidae. Based on observations of museum specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the species exhibits a notably elongated body form, which is typical for the genus. The wings are relatively long and narrow, with a distinct venation pattern consistent with the Anthomyza macra group. The body coloration is generally brownish, with subtle variations in tone across the thorax and abdomen.[1]
Biology and Distribution
Anthomyza tenuis (Loew, 1863) is an accepted species within the family Anthomyzidae.[2] It was originally described by H. Loew in 1863 as Anthophilina tenuis.[3] The species is recognized as part of the Anthomyza macra group, a complex of Nearctic species.[3] Genetic data for this species is available through NCBI.[4]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Anthomyzidae / Anthomyza / tenuis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Anthomyza tenuis (Loew, 1863). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/5079926. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- 1 2 Anthomyza tenuis - Plazi TreatmentBank. Plazi TreatmentBank. http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/xhtml/03FB87A9FF94FFFBFE6A6EA1FD2EFEF6. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Anthomyza tenuis. NCBI Nucleotide. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/?term=txid2604199[organism:exp]. Accessed 2026-07-14.