Apystomyia
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Apystomyiidae
- Genus: Apystomyia
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Apystomyia specimens exhibit a slender, fly-like body form characteristic of many Brachycera. The thorax and abdomen are distinct, with the abdomen showing a segmented structure. The wings are clear and membranous, with a venation pattern typical of the group. The head features prominent compound eyes that occupy a significant portion of the dorsal surface.[1]
Phylogenetic Context
The family Apystomyiidae, represented by the genus Apystomyia, is identified as the sister group to the Cyclorrhapha, a major clade of Diptera that includes the house fly and Drosophila [2]. The North American species Apystomyia elinguis is considered a relict species in this phylogenetic context [2]. Phylogenetic analysis places Apystomyiidae within the Brachycera, specifically as part of the lineage leading toward the Eremoneura and subsequent cyclorrhaphan radiations [2].
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Apystomyiidae / Apystomyia constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 Brian M. Wiegmann; Michelle Trautwein; Isaac S. Winkler; Norman B. Barr; Jungwook Kim; Christine L. Lambkin; Matthew A. Bertone; Brian K. Cassel; Keith M. Bayless; Alysha M. Heimberg; Benjamin M. Wheeler; Kevin J. Peterson; Thomas Pape; Bradley J. Sinclair; Jeffrey H. Skevington; Vladimir Blagoderov; Jason Caravas; Sujatha Narayanan Kutty; Urs Schmidt‐Ott; Gail E. Kampmeier; F. Christian Thompson; David A. Grimaldi; Andrew T. Beckenbach; Gregory W. Courtney; Markus Friedrich; Rudolf Meier; David K. Yeates. Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2011. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1012675108.