Apatolestes parkeri
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Tabanidae
- Genus: Apatolestes
- Species: Apatolestes parkeri
Visual Description
Apatolestes parkeri exhibits the characteristic body form of a horse fly (family Tabanidae). Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that these flies possess a robust, somewhat flattened thorax and abdomen. The wings are typically clear or lightly tinted, with distinct venation patterns characteristic of the family. The eyes are large and prominent, occupying a significant portion of the head, which is typical for many tabanids. The body coloration often includes shades of brown, grey, or black, which may provide camouflage in their natural habitats.[1]
General Information
Apatolestes parkeri is a species of horse fly in the family Tabanidae. It was described by the entomologist Cornelius B. Philip in 1941.[2] The species was formally published in the Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society as part of a study on western genera of flies.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tabanidae / Apatolestes / parkeri constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Apatolestes parkeri Philip, 1941. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1494388. Accessed 2026-07-17.