Atomosia puella
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Asilidae
- Genus: Atomosia
- Species: Atomosia puella
Visual Description
Atomosia puella is a species of robber fly characterized by its compact, robust body form, typical of the genus Atomosia. Observations of specimens from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a dark, often blackish or metallic-hued body, frequently covered with fine, pale or yellowish hairs (setae). The wings are typically clear or slightly smoky, and the legs are often dark with distinct, bristly structures.[1]
General Information
Atomosia puella is a species of robber fly (family Asilidae) first described by the entomologist Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann in 1828.[2] It is also known by the common name "Common Micropanther". Like other members of the family Asilidae, it is a predatory insect.[3]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Asilidae / Atomosia / puella constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Atomosia puella (Wiedemann, 1828). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1655533. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Atomosia puella. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomosia_puella. Accessed 2026-07-14.