Arctosyrphus
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Syrphidae
- Genus: Arctosyrphus
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, members of the genus Arctosyrphus exhibit typical hoverfly morphology.[1] They possess a robust, bee-like body form with distinct abdominal patterning, often featuring bands or spots. The wings are typically clear and held in a characteristic position at rest. The head is dominated by large, prominent compound eyes, which are often holoptic in males.[1]
General Information
Arctosyrphus is a genus of hoverflies in the family Syrphidae, first described by Richard Karl Hjalmar Frey in 1918.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Syrphidae / Arctosyrphus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Arctosyrphus Frey, 1918. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1535266. Accessed 2026-07-16.