Aptilotus parvipennis
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Sphaeroceridae
- Genus: Aptilotus
- Species: Aptilotus parvipennis
Visual Description
Aptilotus parvipennis is a small fly characteristic of the family Sphaeroceridae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that this species exhibits reduced or vestigial wings, a common trait in certain members of this genus.[1] The body is typically dark-colored, often appearing brownish or blackish, with a robust, somewhat flattened thorax and abdomen. The legs are well-developed, facilitating movement in its environment. Due to the small size of the specimens, fine morphological details such as specific setal patterns or wing venation are difficult to resolve without high-magnification imaging.[1]
Classification and History
Aptilotus parvipennis was originally described by Spuler in 1924 under the name Leptocera parvipennis.[2] It is currently recognized as an accepted species within the genus Aptilotus.[2] Genetic data for this species is available through public repositories, supporting its taxonomic placement.[3]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Sphaeroceridae / Aptilotus / parvipennis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Aptilotus parvipennis (Spuler, 1924). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/5080607. Accessed 2026-07-16.
- ↑ Aptilotus parvipennis. NCBI Nucleotide. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/?term=txid1913533[organism:exp]. Accessed 2026-07-15.