Anu
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Syrphidae
- Genus: Anu
Visual Description
Members of the genus Anu exhibit typical syrphid (hoverfly) morphology. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that these flies possess a distinct, often robust body form characteristic of the family.[1] Visible traits include a prominent head with large, holoptic or dichoptic eyes depending on sex, and a patterned abdomen that often features bands or spots, which is common in many Syrphidae.[1] The wings are generally clear and held in a characteristic position at rest.[1]
General Information
The genus Anu was described by Thompson in 2008.[2] It is a recognized genus within the family Syrphidae.[2] Taxonomic treatments, such as those found in Plazi, provide further details on the classification and description of species within this group.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 4 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Syrphidae / Anu constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Anu Thompson, 2008. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1543323. Accessed 2026-07-16.
- ↑ Anu Thompson, sp. nov. - Plazi TreatmentBank. Plazi TreatmentBank. http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/xhtml/6C2087E6FF99FFE454DC56DB9559FEFF. Accessed 2026-07-14.