Argyra diaphana
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 diaphana
Visual Description
Argyra diaphana is a member of the family Dolichopodidae, a group of flies often characterized by their metallic coloration. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, individuals exhibit a slender, elongated body form typical of many long-legged flies.[1] The thorax and abdomen often display a distinct metallic or silvery sheen, particularly in males.[2]
General Information
Argyra diaphana is a species of long-legged fly in the family Dolichopodidae.[3] The genus Argyra is distinguished by a slightly concave occiput, a head closely connected to the thorax, and specific chaetotaxy, such as a propleuron with one pale bristle on the upper portion and hind coxae with 2–6 vertical outer bristles.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Dolichopodidae / Argyra / diaphana constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Ding Yang; Toyohei Saigusa. A revision of the genus Argyra from China (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae). European Journal of Entomology. 2002. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2002.015.
- ↑ Argyra diaphana. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyra_diaphana. Accessed 2026-07-14.