Apoclea femoralis
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Asilidae
- Genus: Apoclea
- Species: Apoclea femoralis
Visual Description
Apoclea femoralis exhibits the characteristic elongated body form typical of many robber flies (family Asilidae). Observations of specimens from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a slender, cylindrical abdomen and robust, bristly legs, which are common adaptations for predatory behavior in this family.[1] The thorax is well-developed, supporting powerful flight muscles, and the head features prominent, large compound eyes typical of visual hunters.[1]
Distribution and Ecology
Apoclea femoralis (Wiedemann, 1828) is a robber fly species classified within the subfamily Apocleinae.[2] The genus Apoclea is known to have a broad distribution, occurring across the Afrotropical, Oriental, and Palearctic regions.[2]
In Iraq, the species has been documented in historical records, including those by Janssens (1961) and El-Haidari et al. (1972).[2] More recent field surveys conducted in 2016 confirmed the presence of the species in Baghdad, where male specimens were collected in April.[2]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Asilidae / Apoclea / femoralis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 4 Hanaa Al –Saffar. A REVISED CHECKLIST OF THE ROBBER FLY GENERA (DIPTERA, ASILIDAE) FROM IRAQ. Bulletin of The Iraq Natural History Museum. 2017. https://doi.org/10.26842/binhm.7.2017.14.3.0215.