Adejeania vexatrix
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Tachinidae
- Genus: Adejeania
- Species: Adejeania vexatrix
Visual Description
Adejeania vexatrix is a robust, bristly fly characteristic of the family Tachinidae. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the species exhibits a dense covering of prominent, dark, spine-like setae over much of its body, particularly on the abdomen. The thorax and abdomen often display a mix of dark and yellowish-orange coloration, with the abdominal segments frequently showing distinct, dark, longitudinal or transverse markings against a lighter, yellowish background. The head is large, with prominent compound eyes and a well-developed, forward-projecting proboscis, which is adapted for feeding on nectar and pollen from flowers.[1]
Ecology and Distribution
Adejeania vexatrix is a tachinid fly that is widely distributed throughout the Rocky Mountains of Canada and the United States, where it is considered to be not uncommon.[2] Adults are frequently observed visiting montane composite flowers to feed on nectar and pollen. As is typical for many species within the family Tachinidae, the specific larval hosts of A. vexatrix have not yet been identified.
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tachinidae / Adejeania / vexatrix constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Robert K. Colwell. Discordant upslope range shifts shuffle parasitoid-host species interactions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2318022120.