Asarkina quadrata
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Syrphidae
- Genus: Asarkina
- Species: Asarkina quadrata
Visual Description
Asarkina quadrata is known from the fossil record, specifically from the Green River shales.[2] Examination of fossil specimens available in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveals the characteristic flattened, compressed morphology typical of such preservation.[1] The specimens exhibit a distinct, elongated body form consistent with the Syrphidae family, though fine diagnostic characters such as wing venation patterns or specific abdominal markings are often obscured or limited by the nature of the fossilization process.[1]
History and Classification
Asarkina quadrata was originally described by Samuel Hubbard Scudder in 1878 as Milesia quadrata, based on fossil material from the Green River shales.[2] It is currently classified as an accepted species within the genus Asarkina.[2]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Syrphidae / Asarkina / quadrata constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 Asarkina quadrata (Scudder, 1878). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/8578573. Accessed 2026-07-16.