Aptilotus pulex
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 pulex
Visual Description
Aptilotus pulex is a small fly characterized by a compact, robust body form typical of many Sphaeroceridae. Observations of specimens from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a dark-colored, sclerotized exoskeleton with a somewhat dull, matte texture. The head is relatively large in proportion to the thorax, featuring prominent, compound eyes. The wings are notably reduced or vestigial, a trait often associated with the genus Aptilotus, resulting in a flightless or brachypterous appearance. The legs are stout and well-developed, adapted for crawling on substrates.[1]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Sphaeroceridae / Aptilotus / pulex constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.