Atherigona varia
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Muscidae
- Genus: Atherigona
- Species: Atherigona varia
Visual Description
Atherigona varia is a muscid fly. Observations of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal characteristic features of the genus, including a relatively slender body form typical of shoot flies.[1] The flies exhibit a distinct thoracic pattern and wing venation consistent with the family Muscidae.[1]
Biology and Ecology
Atherigona varia (Meigen, 1826) has been documented in maritime environments. Specimens, including both males and females, were collected on a training ship in the East China Sea, suggesting the species may be associated with human-mediated transport or exhibit dispersal behaviors that bring them into contact with vessels.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Muscidae / Atherigona / varia constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Hiromu Kurahashi. The calyptrate muscoid flies collected on weather ships located at the ocean weather stations. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 1991. https://doi.org/10.7601/mez.42.53.