Atrichopogon levis
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 levis
Visual Description
Atrichopogon levis is a species of biting midge within the family Ceratopogonidae. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, specimens exhibit the characteristic morphology of small nematoceran flies, with slender bodies and delicate, veined wings.[1]
Biology and Identification
The genus Atrichopogon is a diverse group within the family Ceratopogonidae, comprising 432 described species worldwide.[2] Atrichopogon levis is noted for having a reduced first radial cell in its wing venation, a trait it shares with other species such as Atrichopogon circatheca and Atrichopogon clarusaliger.
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Ceratopogonidae / Atrichopogon / levis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ M Bose; S. K. Dasgupta; Abhijit Mazumdar; P. K. Chaudhuri. Biting midges of the genus Atrichopogon Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from India. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 2003. https://doi.org/10.1163/22119434-900000126.