Argyra grata
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 grata
Visual Description
Argyra grata is a species of long-legged fly within the family Dolichopodidae. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, individuals exhibit the characteristic slender, metallic-colored body form typical of the genus Argyra.[1] The flies possess long, thin legs and wings that are held over the abdomen when at rest.
Distribution and Ecology
Argyra grata is a species of fly found in Europe.[2] It has been documented in various European checklists, including records from Belarus.[3] The species was originally described by the entomologist Hermann Loew in 1857.[4]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Dolichopodidae / Argyra / grata constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Argyra grata. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyra_grata. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ I. Ya. Grichanov. An annotated checklist of Dolichopodidae (Diptera) species from Belarus, with new records. . 2022. https://doi.org/10.33910/2686-9519-2022-14-2-186-198.
- ↑ Argyra grata Loew 1857 - Plazi TreatmentBank. Plazi TreatmentBank. http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/xhtml/038587A8FFA4FFCEC3B2FE18FD26FD75. Accessed 2026-07-14.