Atriadops vespertilio
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Nemestrinidae
- Genus: Atriadops
- Species: Atriadops vespertilio
Visual Description
Atriadops vespertilio, commonly known as the Batwing Tanglevein Fly, exhibits morphological characteristics typical of the family Nemestrinidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a robust, hairy body, which is a common trait among tanglevein flies.[1] The wings are notably broad and possess a complex, net-like venation pattern, from which the common name "tanglevein" is derived.[1]
General Information
Atriadops vespertilio (Loew, 1858) is an accepted species within the genus Atriadops.[2] It was originally described by Hermann Loew as Colax vespertilio.
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Nemestrinidae / Atriadops / vespertilio constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Atriadops vespertilio (Loew, 1858). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1479801. Accessed 2026-07-16.