Atrichopogon fusculus
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Ceratopogonidae
- Genus: Atrichopogon
- Species: Atrichopogon fusculus
Description
Atrichopogon fusculus is a species of biting midge in the family Ceratopogonidae. It was originally described as Ceratopogon fusculus by D.W. Coquillett in 1901.[2]
Visual Description
Based on specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Atrichopogon fusculus exhibits the characteristic morphology of a small dipteran.[1] The body is generally dark-colored, consistent with the specific epithet fusculus, which implies a brownish or dusky appearance. The wings are typically clear or lightly infuscated, and the antennae are well-developed, as is typical for members of the genus Atrichopogon. Due to the small size of these insects, fine morphological details such as specific setal patterns or wing venation require high-magnification microscopy for accurate identification.[1]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Ceratopogonidae / Atrichopogon / fusculus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Atrichopogon fusculus (Coquillett, 1901). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1636665. Accessed 2026-07-14.