Artemita amenides
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Stratiomyidae
- Genus: Artemita
- Species: Artemita amenides
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Artemita amenides is a fly characterized by a robust, somewhat compact body form typical of the subfamily Pachygastrinae.[1] The specimens exhibit a dark, often metallic or shiny coloration on the thorax and abdomen.[1] The wings are generally clear or slightly infuscated, and the legs are relatively slender, providing a contrast to the broader body.[1]
Ecology and Behavior
Artemita amenides has been documented as a host for phoretic pseudoscorpions in the Central Amazon, Brazil.[2] This interaction represents the first worldwide record of phoresy involving the genus Artemita and the first such record between pseudoscorpions and the family Stratiomyidae in the New World. In observed instances, the pseudoscorpion Parachernes setiger was found attached to the fly's legs, specifically the mid and hind tibiae, near the femora-tibial articulation. This association is thought to occur because both the fly (as larvae/pupae) and the pseudoscorpion inhabit the same microhabitat, such as fallen tree trunks.
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References
- 1 2 3 4 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Stratiomyidae / Artemita / amenides constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Cleiton R. Guimarães; JASMINE DÉA NOGUEIRA SENA; Everton Tizo‐Pedroso; José Roberto Pujol‐Luz; José Albertíno Rafael. First record of phoresy by Parachernes setiger Mahnert, 1979 (Pseudoscorpiones, Chernetidae) on the fly Artemita amenides (Walker, 1849) (Diptera, Stratiomyidae, Pachygastrinae) in the Central Amazon. Entomological Communications. 2025. https://doi.org/10.37486/2675-1305.ec07022.