Aspistomella lobioptera
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Ulidiidae
- Genus: Aspistomella
- Species: Aspistomella lobioptera
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Aspistomella lobioptera exhibits characteristic features of the Aspistomella group.[1] The species displays an enlarged, anteriorly produced epistome and a low clypeus.[2]
Ecology and Biology
Aspistomella lobioptera is a member of the Aspistomella group of genera, which also includes Polyteloptera and Ulivellia. Species within this group are associated with neotropical tall grasses, specifically bamboo (Guadua) and wild cane (Gynerium).
The larvae are saprophagous and adapted to an aquatic lifestyle, inhabiting water-filled internode cavities ("bamboo phytotelmata") of living Guadua angustifolia culms. They gain access to these cavities by utilizing tunnels created by lepidopteran borers (Crambidae). Last instar larvae are capable of jumping and pupate in the soil.
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Ulidiidae / Aspistomella / lobioptera constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Damir Kovač; ELENA P. KAMENEVA; E. P. Kameneva; ALEXANDRE SANTOS ARAÚJO; MARCOANDRE SAVARIS; JOHN T. SMIT; ALEXANDER SCHNEIDER; Robert D. Schreiber; V. A. Korneyev. Revision of the Aspistomella group of genera (Diptera: Ulidiidae: Pterocallinae: Lipsanini). Zootaxa. 2024. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5530.1.1.