Asteia
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Asteiidae
- Genus: Asteia
Visual Description
Members of the genus Asteia are small, delicate flies. Based on observations of museum specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, they typically exhibit a slender body form with relatively long, thin legs and wings that are often longer than the abdomen.[1] The coloration is frequently pale or yellowish, sometimes with darker markings on the thorax or abdomen.[1]
Biology and Ecology
The genus Asteia was described by Meigen in 1830.[2] While the life history of many species remains poorly understood, larvae are generally considered to be (phyto)saprophagous, developing in decaying plant material.[3] Adults are often found in sunny, sheltered habitats, such as the margins of deciduous or mixed forests.[3] Some species, such as Asteia beata, have been observed visiting flowers.[4]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Asteiidae / Asteia constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asteia Meigen, 1830. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1673250. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ Asteia. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Asteia. Accessed 2026-07-14.