Antocha vitripennis
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Limoniidae
- Genus: Antocha
- Species: Antocha vitripennis
Visual Description
Antocha vitripennis is a crane fly characterized by its slender, delicate body form typical of the family Limoniidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a fly with elongated, thin legs and wings that are generally clear or hyaline, often held folded over the abdomen when at rest.[1] The body coloration is generally muted, often appearing brownish or yellowish, which provides camouflage in its typical riparian habitats.
Distribution and Taxonomy
Antocha vitripennis (Meigen, 1830) is a widespread species within the West Palearctic region.[2] The species was originally described as Limnobia vitripennis by Meigen in 1830.[3]
The species exhibits high levels of intraspecific morphological variability, particularly regarding the structures of the male genitalia, which are described as geographically poorly defined.
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Limoniidae / Antocha / vitripennis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Youness Mabrouki; Andrei Bogdan Terec; Fouzi Taybi; Anna Dénes; Lujza Keresztes. Taxonomic notes and key to the West Palearctic Antocha (Antocha) Osten Sacken, 1860 (Diptera, Limoniidae) with description of a new species from Morocco. Biodiversity Data Journal. 2023. https://doi.org/10.3897/bdj.11.e103849.
- ↑ Antocha vitripennis (Meigen, 1830). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1514000. Accessed 2026-07-16.