Antipodromia radialis
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Empididae
- Genus: Antipodromia
- Species: Antipodromia radialis
Visual Description
Antipodromia radialis is a small fly characteristic of the family Empididae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a slender body structure typical of dance flies.[1] The specimens exhibit prominent, well-developed wings with distinct venation patterns, and elongated legs adapted for their predatory or mating behaviors.[1]
Classification and History
Antipodromia radialis was originally described by J.E. Collin in 1928 as Hemerodromia radialis, based on material from New Zealand.[2] It is currently recognized as an accepted species within the genus Antipodromia.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Empididae / Antipodromia / radialis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Antipodromia radialis (Collin, 1928). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/11122248. Accessed 2026-07-15.