Archimicrodon browni
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Syrphidae
- Genus: Archimicrodon
- Species: Archimicrodon browni
Visual Description
Archimicrodon browni exhibits the characteristic body form of the genus, with a robust, somewhat globular abdomen typical of many hoverflies in the tribe Microdontinae. Observations of specimens from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a dark, metallic-toned body coloration.[1] The head features prominent, well-developed eyes, and the wings are typically clear or lightly infuscated, showing the characteristic venation patterns of the family Syrphidae.[1]
History and Classification
Archimicrodon browni was originally described by F.C. Thompson in 1968 under the name Microdon browni.[2] It is currently recognized as an accepted species within the genus Archimicrodon.[2]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Syrphidae / Archimicrodon / browni constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Archimicrodon browni (Thompson, 1968). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/11169807. Accessed 2026-07-16.