Antocha opalizans
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Limoniidae
- Genus: Antocha
- Species: Antocha opalizans
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Antocha opalizans exhibits the characteristic slender, delicate body form typical of many Limoniidae.[1] The wings are generally clear or slightly iridescent, and the legs are long and thin, consistent with the genus Antocha.[1]
General Information
Antocha opalizans is a species of crane fly in the family Limoniidae, first described by C.R. Osten Sacken in 1860.[2] The genus Antocha is part of a broader group of crane flies that have been the subject of recent taxonomic studies, particularly in the West Palearctic region, where researchers have developed keys to assist in the identification of various species.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Limoniidae / Antocha / opalizans constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Antocha opalizans Osten Sacken, 1860. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1513922. Accessed 2026-07-16.
- ↑ Youness Mabrouki; Andrei Bogdan Terec; Fouzi Taybi; Anna Dénes; Lujza Keresztes. Taxonomic notes and key to the West Palearctic Antocha (Antocha) Osten Sacken, 1860 (Diptera, Limoniidae) with description of a new species from Morocco. Biodiversity Data Journal. 2023. https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.11.e103849.