Asarkina rostrata
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 rostrata
Visual Description
Asarkina rostrata exhibits the characteristic morphology of the genus Asarkina, which is generally distinguished by an oval-shaped abdomen and the absence of yellow markings on the lateral margins of the mesonotum and the pleura.[2] Observations of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a slender, fly-like body typical of the family Syrphidae.[1] The abdomen displays distinct transverse banding patterns, and the wings are clear with well-defined venation.[1]
General Information
Asarkina rostrata (Wiedemann, 1824) is a species of hover fly within the family Syrphidae.[3] It was originally described under the name Syrphus rostratus.[3] The species is recognized as an accepted name in global taxonomic databases.[3]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Syrphidae / Asarkina / rostrata constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Ta Huy Thinh. Hover flies in Vietnam (Diptera: Syrphidae). TAP CHI SINH HOC. 2012. https://doi.org/10.15625/0866-7160/v33n1.727.
- 1 2 3 Asarkina rostrata (Wiedemann, 1824). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1535427. Accessed 2026-07-16.