Antlemon
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Keroplatidae
- Genus: Antlemon
Visual Description
Members of the genus Antlemon are small, slender flies typical of the family Keroplatidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a body form characterized by elongated, delicate legs and a slender abdomen.[1] The thorax is robust and covered in fine, dark setae, while the compound eyes are prominent and occupy a significant portion of the head.[1]
General Information
Antlemon is a genus of fungus gnats within the family Keroplatidae, first described by Haliday in 1871.[2] The genus includes rare species, such as Antlemon servulum (Walker, 1837), which has been documented in regions like the Slovenský raj National Park in Slovakia.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Keroplatidae / Antlemon constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Antlemon Haliday, 1871. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1564619. Accessed 2026-07-15.
- ↑ Jan Ševčı́k; Olavi Kurina. Fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaroidea) of the Gemer region (Central Slovakia): Part 1 - Bolitophilidae, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae and Keroplatidae. Casopis Slezského Zemského Muzea (A). 2011. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10210-011-0003-x.