Argyrobrithes
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Stratiomyidae
- Genus: Argyrobrithes
Overview
Argyrobrithes is a genus of flies within the family Stratiomyidae. Recent taxonomic revisions have clarified the composition of this genus, incorporating several previously distinct genera as junior synonyms. Specifically, the genera Arthronemina Lindner in James, 1980, Arthronema Lindner, 1966b, and Lonchobrithes Lindner, 1968, are now recognized as junior synonyms of Argyrobrithes [2].
Taxonomic Changes
The genus has undergone significant revision, including the synonymization of several species and the reassignment of others to new combinations:
- Argyrobrithes argenteus Grünberg, 1915, is a junior synonym of Argyrobrithes fuscicornis (Bezzi, 1914) [2].
- Argyrobrithes crinitus Lindner, 1972, is a junior synonym of Argyrobrithes zernyi Lindner, 1943 [2].
- Lonchobrithes modestus Lindner, 1968, is a junior synonym of Argyrobrithes curtilamellatum (Lindner, 1966) [2].
- Argyrobrithes curtilamellatum (Lindner, 1966b) was transferred from Arthronemina [2].
- Argyrobrithes fuscicornis (Bezzi, 1914) was transferred from Sternobrithes [2].
Visual Description
Due to the unavailability of high-resolution images for direct morphological inspection, specific diagnostic traits cannot be reliably described at this time. The genus is represented in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, which includes records of preserved specimens[1].
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Stratiomyidae / Argyrobrithes constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Martin Hauser; Norman E. Woodley; Diego Aguilar Fachin. Taxonomic changes in African Stratiomyidae (Diptera). Zootaxa. 2017. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4263.1.3.