Athyroglossa fascipennis
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Ephydridae
- Genus: Athyroglossa
- Species: Athyroglossa fascipennis
Visual Description
Athyroglossa fascipennis is a small fly characteristic of the family Ephydridae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal that the species possesses a dark, often shiny, metallic-toned body.[1] A notable feature, as suggested by the specific epithet fascipennis, is the presence of distinct, darkened markings or bands on the wings.[1]
History and Classification
Athyroglossa fascipennis was originally described by E. T. Cresson Jr. in 1918 as Ochtheroidea fascipennis.[2] It is currently accepted as a valid species within the genus Athyroglossa.
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Ephydridae / Athyroglossa / fascipennis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Athyroglossa fascipennis (Cresson, 1918). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1618887. Accessed 2026-07-15.