Asteia dimorphica
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 dimorphica
Visual Description
Asteia dimorphica is a small fly characteristic of the family Asteiidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that the species exhibits a slender body form typical of the genus.[1] Visible traits include delicate, membranous wings that extend beyond the abdomen and a distinct, rounded head structure with relatively large, prominent compound eyes.[1]
Distribution and Taxonomy
Asteia dimorphica was described by M. Carles-Tolrá in 2011, based on specimens collected in Spain.[2] It is an accepted species within the genus Asteia.
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Asteiidae / Asteia / dimorphica constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asteia dimorphica Carles-Tolrá, 2011. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/11141076. Accessed 2026-07-14.