Asilus peritulus
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 peritulus
Visual Description
Asilus peritulus is known from fossil specimens. Observations of these specimens reveal the characteristic elongated body form typical of the family Asilidae. The fossilized remains show distinct segmentation of the abdomen and the presence of elongated, slender appendages, consistent with the morphology of robber flies.[1]
General Information
Asilus peritulus was described by Cockerell in 1909.[2] It is classified within the family Asilidae, commonly known as robber flies, which are predatory insects.
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Asilidae / Asilus / peritulus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asilus peritulus Cockerell, 1909. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/8654530. Accessed 2026-07-14.