Atrichopogon jacobsoni
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 jacobsoni
Visual Description
Atrichopogon jacobsoni is a small biting midge. Observations of museum specimens from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal the characteristic morphology of the family Ceratopogonidae, including a compact body form, relatively short antennae, and delicate, membranous wings.[1] The specimens exhibit a dark, sclerotized exoskeleton typical of many small dipterans.[1]
Ecology and Behavior
Atrichopogon jacobsoni is a ceratopogonid biting midge.[2] It has been documented on the island of Atiu in the Cook Islands, where it has been observed forming swarms around the inflorescences of Acacia mangium, an introduced invasive plant species. These swarms serve as a significant food resource for the Atiu Swiftlet (Aerodramus sawtelli).
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Ceratopogonidae / Atrichopogon / jacobsoni constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ James H. Fullard; Robert M. R. Barclay; Donald W. Thomas. Observations on the behavioural ecology of the Atiu Swiftlet Aerodramus sawtelli. Bird Conservation International. 2010. https://doi.org/10.1017/s095927091000016x.