Apystomyia elinguis
Apystomyia elinguis is a North American relict species of fly. It has been identified through phylogenomic analysis as the sister group to the Cyclorrhapha, a placement supported by a comprehensive molecular matrix of nuclear genes, mitochondrial genomes, and morphological characters.[1] Its evolutionary position is significant for understanding the relationships within the Brachycera and the subsequent rapid radiation of the Schizophora.[1]
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[2]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Apystomyiidae
- Genus: Apystomyia
- Species: Apystomyia elinguis
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Apystomyia elinguis exhibits a small, fly-like body form typical of many Brachycera.[2] The specimens display a distinct, rounded head structure and a thorax with visible setal patterns.[2] The wings are clear and membranous, with a venation pattern characteristic of its taxonomic placement.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 3 4 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Apystomyiidae / Apystomyia / elinguis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.