Asindulum
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Keroplatidae
- Genus: Asindulum
Visual Description
Specimens of Asindulum are characterized by their slender, gnat-like body form, typical of the family Keroplatidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal delicate, elongated wings and long, thin legs.[1] The body coloration in some species, such as Asindulum nigrum, is predominantly dark, consistent with its common name, the "black fungus gnat."[2]
Distribution and Ecology
The genus Asindulum includes species such as Asindulum nigrum, which has been confirmed to occur in the Gemer region of Slovakia, specifically within the Muránska planina National Park.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Keroplatidae / Asindulum constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asindulum Latreille, 1805. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1563693. Accessed 2026-07-15.
- ↑ Jan Ševčı́k; Olavi Kurina. Fungus gnats (Diptera: Sciaroidea) of the Gemer region (Central Slovakia): Part 1 - Bolitophilidae, Diadocidiidae, Ditomyiidae and Keroplatidae. Casopis Slezského Zemského Muzea (A). 2011. https://doi.org/10.2478/v10210-011-0003-x.