Archiceroptera venezolana
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Sphaeroceridae
- Genus: Archiceroptera
- Species: Archiceroptera venezolana
Visual Description
Archiceroptera venezolana is a small fly characteristic of the family Sphaeroceridae. Based on observations of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the species exhibits a generally dark-colored, sclerotized body typical of many sphaerocerids. Key visible traits include:
- Body Form: The body is compact, with a robust thorax and a relatively small, rounded abdomen.
- Wing Structure: The wings are well-developed, showing the characteristic venation patterns of the family, with a distinctively reduced or modified anal vein structure often seen in this group.
- Legs: The legs are relatively stout, with the hind basitarsus often appearing thickened, a common feature in many Sphaeroceridae.
These observations are based on representative images from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset.[1]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Sphaeroceridae / Archiceroptera / venezolana constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.