Asilus wickhami
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 wickhami
Visual Description
Asilus wickhami is known from the fossil record.[2] Examination of fossil specimens from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveals the preserved, compressed morphology typical of such remains.[1] The specimens show the characteristic elongated body form of the family Asilidae, with identifiable wing venation patterns and thoracic structures flattened within the matrix.[1]
History and Classification
Asilus wickhami was described by T. D. A. Cockerell in 1914.[2] The species is recognized as a fossil taxon, with its description published in the context of Miocene fossil insects.[2]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Asilidae / Asilus / wickhami constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 Asilus wickhami Cockerell, 1914. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/8542662. Accessed 2026-07-14.