Agathomyia elegantula
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Platypezidae
- Genus: Agathomyia
- Species: Agathomyia elegantula
Visual Description
Agathomyia elegantula is a small fly characteristic of the family Platypezidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that the species possesses a compact, robust body typical of the genus.[1] The thorax and abdomen are generally dark in coloration, with the wings appearing relatively large in proportion to the body size.[1]
Ecology and Distribution
Agathomyia elegantula (Fallén, 1815) is an uncommon species of Platypezidae distributed across North and temperate Europe.[2] It preferentially inhabits humid forests. While its specific biology remains unknown, it has been recorded in the Gemer region of Central Slovakia, where specimens were collected via sweeping in the undergrowth of woods. In the Czech Republic, the species is classified as vulnerable (VU).
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Platypezidae / Agathomyia / elegantula constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Jindřích Roháček; Jan Ševčı́k. The fauna of Opetiidae and Platypezidae (Diptera) in the Gemer region (Central Slovakia). Casopis Slezského Zemského Muzea (A). 2011. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10210-011-0005-8.