Asteia concinna
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 concinna
Visual Description
Asteia concinna is a small fly characteristic of the family Asteiidae. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the adult exhibits a slender body form typical of many acalyptrate flies. The thorax and abdomen are generally marked with distinct patterns, often featuring a combination of dark and lighter, yellowish or brownish, coloration. The wings are relatively large in proportion to the body, with a venation pattern characteristic of the genus Asteia.[1]
Ecology and Distribution
Asteia concinna has been documented as a dominant species in certain sandy habitats, where it is notably associated with growths of the grass Calamagrostis epigejos.[2] It is a recognized species within the family Asteiidae, with its taxonomic status as Asteia concinna Meigen, 1830, being widely accepted.[3]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Asteiidae / Asteia / concinna constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ 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 concinna Meigen, 1830. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1675713. Accessed 2026-07-14.