Aspistes
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Scatopsidae
- Genus: Aspistes
Visual Description
The genus Aspistes includes small flies that are often associated with sandy environments.[2] Based on observations of Aspistes berolinensis from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, these insects exhibit a compact body form typical of many scatopsids.[1] The specimens generally display a dark, often blackish, coloration and possess relatively short, robust legs.[1]
Ecology and Distribution
Members of the genus Aspistes are known to be psammophilous, meaning they are adapted to sandy habitats.[2] For example, Aspistes berolinensis has been documented in sandpits, particularly in microhabitats with loose sand and sparse vegetation such as Calamagrostis epigejos.[2] The genus is considered to be widespread across the Western Palaearctic region.[2]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Scatopsidae / Aspistes constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 4 Jindřích Roháček. Acalyptrate flies (Diptera) on glacial sand deposits in the Hlučínsko region (NE Czech Republic): most interesting records. Acta Musei Silesiae. Scientiae Naturales. 2016. https://doi.org/10.1515/cszma-2016-0003.