Aphoebantus transitus
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Bombyliidae
- Genus: Aphoebantus
- Species: Aphoebantus transitus
Visual Description
Aphoebantus transitus is a species of bee fly characterized by a slender, elongated body typical of the genus. Observations from photographic records show individuals with a brownish, patterned abdomen featuring distinct, lighter-colored transverse bands or stripes across the segments.[1] The wings are clear and membranous, with a venation pattern characteristic of the family Bombyliidae.[1]
History and Classification
Aphoebantus transitus was originally described by the entomologist D.W. Coquillett in 1886 under the name Leptochilus transitus.[2] It is currently recognized as an accepted species within the genus Aphoebantus.
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Bombyliidae / Aphoebantus / transitus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Aphoebantus transitus (Coquillett, 1886). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1667848. Accessed 2026-07-14.