Asteia molokaiensis
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 molokaiensis
Visual Description
Asteia molokaiensis is a small fly, consistent with the general morphology of the family Asteiidae. Observations of museum specimens reveal a slender body structure typical of the genus Asteia. The specimens exhibit a distinct, relatively large head in proportion to the thorax, with prominent compound eyes. The wings are clear and appear relatively long compared to the body length, a characteristic feature often observed in this group. The coloration of the specimens appears generally pale or yellowish-brown, though precise morphological details are limited by the nature of the preserved material.[1]
Distribution and Classification
Asteia molokaiensis was described by Hardy and Delfinado in 1980.[2] The species is recognized as an accepted taxon within the genus Asteia.
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Asteiidae / Asteia / molokaiensis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asteia molokaiensis Hardy & Delfinado, 1980. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1675706. Accessed 2026-07-14.