Argyra argyria
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Dolichopodidae
- Genus: Argyra
- Species: Argyra argyria
Visual Description
Argyra argyria is a small, long-legged fly. Observations of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a metallic, often silvery or greenish-metallic sheen on the thorax and abdomen, which is characteristic of the genus.[1] The wings are typically clear or slightly smoky, and the legs are slender, often exhibiting distinct coloration patterns that can aid in identification.[1]
Distribution
Argyra argyria has a broad Palaearctic distribution. It has been documented in numerous countries, including Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and Ukraine.[2] Within Russia, it has been recorded in regions such as Crimea, Krasnodar, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Novgorod, Pskov, Vologda, and Voronezh.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Dolichopodidae / Argyra / argyria constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 I. Ya. Grichanov; E. I. Ovsyannikova. New records of long-legged flies (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Novgorod Region of Russia with an annotated checklist of species. Amurian Zoological Journal. 2019. https://doi.org/10.33910/2686-9519-2019-11-3-206-217.