Ateleia spadicithorax
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Mycetophilidae
- Genus: Ateleia
- Species: Ateleia spadicithorax
Visual Description
Ateleia spadicithorax exhibits the characteristic slender, gnat-like body form typical of the family Mycetophilidae. Observations from dataset imagery reveal a delicate, elongated abdomen and long, slender legs. The thorax is notably robust in proportion to the rest of the body, often displaying a brownish or reddish-brown coloration, which is consistent with the specific epithet spadicithorax (implying a spadix-colored or reddish-brown thorax). The wings are relatively large and clear, with distinct venation patterns characteristic of the genus.[1]
History and Classification
Ateleia spadicithorax was described by the entomologist F.A.A. Skuse in 1888. The species was formally published in his work, "Diptera of Australia. Part III. The Mycetophilidae," in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.[2]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Mycetophilidae / Ateleia / spadicithorax constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Ateleia spadicithorax Skuse, 1888. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/5085460. Accessed 2026-07-16.