Asteia aberrans
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Asteiidae
- Genus: Asteia
- Species: Asteia aberrans
Visual Description
Asteia aberrans is a small fly characteristic of the family Asteiidae. Observations of preserved specimens from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a slender body form typical of the genus.[1] The specimens exhibit a pale, somewhat translucent appearance, with distinct, relatively large compound eyes occupying a significant portion of the head. The wings are elongated and clear, extending beyond the tip of the abdomen.[1]
Distribution and Status
Asteia aberrans was described by Hardy and Delfinado in 1980.[2] It is recognized as an accepted species within the genus Asteia.
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Asteiidae / Asteia / aberrans constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asteia aberrans Hardy & Delfinado, 1980. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1675705. Accessed 2026-07-14.