Atrichopogon oedemerarum
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 oedemerarum
Visual Description
Atrichopogon oedemerarum is a species of biting midge within the family Ceratopogonidae. While specific morphological details are difficult to resolve from the available museum specimen images in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the specimens exhibit the general body plan characteristic of small nematoceran Diptera, including a compact thorax and delicate, membranous wings.[1]
Ecology and Biology
Atrichopogon oedemerarum has been documented as a visitor to the inflorescences of the plant Arum cylindraceum (Araceae).[2] In studies of European Arum species, this midge was identified as part of the visitor assemblage, although it represented a minor component (approximately 6%) of the total ceratopogonid specimens collected.
History and Classification
The species was described by Ragnar Storå in 1939.[3] It is currently recognized as an accepted species within the genus Atrichopogon.
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Ceratopogonidae / Atrichopogon / oedemerarum constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Natacha Revel; Nadir Álvarez; Marc Gibernau; Anahí Espíndola. Investigating the relationship between pollination strategies and the size-advantage model in zoophilous plants using the reproductive biology of Arum cylindraceum and other European Arum species as case studies. Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 2011. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11829-011-9164-1.
- ↑ Atrichopogon oedemerarum Storå, 1939. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1637013. Accessed 2026-07-14.