Anthrax pluto
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Bombyliidae
- Genus: Anthrax
- Species: Anthrax pluto
Visual Description
Anthrax pluto is a fly characterized by a robust, hairy body typical of the family Bombyliidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a dark, often blackish, overall coloration.[1] The wings are generally clear or exhibit dark patterning, and the body is covered in dense, setose hairs.[1]
General Information
Anthrax pluto was described by Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann in 1828.[2] Within the genus Anthrax, the group is distinguished by specific morphological traits, including a terminal tuft of hair on the antenna, a broad and projecting basicosta, and a bare laterotergite and mediotergite.[3]
The species is considered rarely collected in some regions, such as Ontario, where its presence has been noted in historical literature, though some records may be misidentifications of related species like Anthrax stellans.[3] Specific habitat and host requirements for Anthrax pluto remain largely unknown.[3]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Bombyliidae / Anthrax / pluto constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Anthrax pluto Wiedemann, 1828. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1666992. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- 1 2 3 . Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 2008. https://doi.org/10.3752/cjai.2008.06.