Antocha saxicola
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 saxicola
Visual Description
Antocha saxicola is a species of crane fly within the family Limoniidae. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, individuals exhibit the characteristic slender, elongated body form typical of many crane flies.[1] The wings are generally clear or slightly translucent, and the legs are long and fragile, as is common in the genus Antocha.[1]
Distribution and Classification
Antocha saxicola was described by the entomologist Carl Robert Osten Sacken in 1860.[2] It is a recognized species within the genus Antocha, which is part of the family Limoniidae.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Limoniidae / Antocha / saxicola constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Antocha saxicola Osten Sacken, 1860. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1513901. Accessed 2026-07-16.