Anastoechus latifrons
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Bombyliidae
- Genus: Anastoechus
- Species: Anastoechus latifrons
Visual Description
Anastoechus latifrons is a species of bee fly. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, individuals exhibit the characteristic robust, hairy body form typical of the family Bombyliidae.[1] The body is densely covered in fine, pale-colored setae, giving the insect a fuzzy appearance. The wings are generally clear and held in a characteristic position when at rest.
Classification and History
Anastoechus latifrons was originally described by Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart in 1839 as Bombylius latifrons.[2] It is currently an accepted species within the genus Anastoechus. While the genus Anastoechus is well-represented in Europe with numerous species, A. latifrons is not included in recent faunistic records for the European region.[3]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Bombyliidae / Anastoechus / latifrons constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Anastoechus latifrons (Macquart, 1839). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1665743. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Zdravko Hubenov. Species Composition and Areographical Characteristic of the European Bee Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Bombyliidae). Acta zoologica bulgarica. 2026. https://doi.org/10.71424/azb78.1.002880.