Apolysis eremophila
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Bombyliidae
- Genus: Apolysis
- Species: Apolysis eremophila
Visual Description
Apolysis eremophila is a small, dark-colored fly. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset show individuals with a compact, black, and somewhat shiny body. The wings are clear and held flat over the abdomen when at rest. The head features prominent, dark eyes. These flies are often observed visiting flowers, where their small size allows them to forage on the central disc florets.[1]
Distribution
Apolysis eremophila is a bee fly species belonging to the subfamily Usiinae. Its distribution across Europe encompasses Western Europe, Central Middle Europe, and South Middle Europe. The species is categorized as having a Mediterranean-West Central Asian (mwca) areographical range.[2]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Bombyliidae / Apolysis / eremophila constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Zdravko Hubenov. Species Composition and Areographical Characteristic of the European Bee Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Bombyliidae). Acta zoologica bulgarica. 2026. https://doi.org/10.71424/azb78.1.002880.