Asilus florissantinus
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Asilidae
- Genus: Asilus
- Species: Asilus florissantinus
Visual Description
Asilus florissantinus is known from the fossil record. Observations of fossil specimens reveal an elongated, slender body typical of the family Asilidae. The preserved structures show a distinct, segmented abdomen and the characteristic venation patterns of the wings, which are consistent with the general morphology of the genus Asilus.[1]
History and Classification
Asilus florissantinus was described by M.T. James in 1939. The species is associated with the Florissant Miocene Beds, a significant fossil locality.[2]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Asilidae / Asilus / florissantinus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asilus florissantinus James, 1939. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/8498065. Accessed 2026-07-14.