Aristobatina rufithorax
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Micropezidae
- Genus: Aristobatina
- Species: Aristobatina rufithorax
Visual Description
Aristobatina rufithorax is a stilt-legged fly characterized by its slender, elongated body and long, thin legs, typical of the family Micropezidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a distinct reddish-brown coloration on the thorax, which is consistent with its specific epithet rufithorax. The wings are generally clear or lightly tinted, and the abdomen is slender and often dark in coloration. The head is relatively small with prominent eyes.[1]
Taxonomy and Classification
Aristobatina rufithorax was originally described by Günther Enderlein in 1922 as part of his classification of the Micropezidae.[2] It is currently recognized as an accepted species within the genus Aristobatina.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Micropezidae / Aristobatina / rufithorax constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Aristobatina rufithorax (Enderlein, 1922). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1677381. Accessed 2026-07-16.