Atarba
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Limoniidae
- Genus: Atarba
Visual Description
Based on observations of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, members of the genus Atarba are slender-bodied flies typical of the family Limoniidae.[1] They exhibit long, delicate legs and narrow, elongated wings. The body coloration often includes patterns of yellow, brown, or black, which can be observed on the thorax and abdomen. The antennae are typically long and filiform.[1]
Biology and Classification
Atarba is a genus of crane flies within the family Limoniidae.[2] Historically, the genus was placed within the Limnophilinae (or Hexatominae), but recent classifications have placed it within the subfamily Chioneinae.[3]
Ecological interactions documented for the genus include observations of Atarba picticornis visiting the plant Microstegium vimineum.[4] Additionally, Atarba species have been recorded as hosts for mites of the genus Calyptostoma.[4]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Limoniidae / Atarba constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Atarba Osten Sacken, 1869. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1513338. Accessed 2026-07-16.
- ↑ Jaroslav Starý. Revision of European species of the genus Rhabdomastix (Diptera: Limoniidae). Part 1: Introduction and subgenus Lurdia subgen. n.. European Journal of Entomology. 2003. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2003.089.
- 1 2 Atarba. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Atarba. Accessed 2026-07-14.