Apsona
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Acroceridae
- Genus: Apsona
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, members of the genus Apsona exhibit a distinct, robust body form characteristic of the family Acroceridae.[1] The specimens display a notably humped thorax and a relatively small head in proportion to the rest of the body.[1] The coloration observed includes dark, often brownish or blackish tones, with patterns that may appear somewhat mottled or uniform depending on the specific specimen.[1]
General Information
Apsona is a genus of flies in the family Acroceridae, first described by John O. Westwood in 1876.[2] The genus is known to be endemic to New Zealand.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 4 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Acroceridae / Apsona constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Apsona Westwood, 1876. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1460077. Accessed 2026-07-13.
- ↑ Apsona. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apsona. Accessed 2026-07-14.