Asiola lemniscata
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Asilidae
- Genus: Asiola
- Species: Asiola lemniscata
Visual Description
Asiola lemniscata exhibits the characteristic body form of the family Asilidae, commonly known as robber flies. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that this species possesses a slender, elongated abdomen and a robust thorax typical of the subfamily Asilinae.[1] The specimens display a distinct pattern of coloration on the abdomen, consistent with the specific epithet lemniscata, which refers to a ribbon-like marking.[1]
Distribution and Taxonomy
Asiola lemniscata was described by G. Daniels in 1977.[2] It is recognized as a member of the genus Asiola, which was established as a new Australian genus within the subfamily Asilinae.
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Asilidae / Asiola / lemniscata constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asiola lemniscata Daniels, 1977. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1663031. Accessed 2026-07-14.