Atrichops hesperius
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Athericidae
- Genus: Atrichops
- Species: Atrichops hesperius
Visual Description
Atrichops hesperius is known from the fossil record.[2] Examination of fossil specimens available in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveals the preserved remains of an insect, though fine morphological details are limited by the nature of the fossilization.[1] The specimens show the general body outline and wing venation patterns typical of the order Diptera, consistent with its classification within the family Athericidae.[1]
History and Classification
Atrichops hesperius was described by T.D.A. Cockerell in 1914.[2] The species was originally published in the Canadian Entomologist as part of a study on Diptera from the Miocene of Colorado.[2]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Athericidae / Atrichops / hesperius constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 Atrichops hesperius Cockerell, 1914. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/8659361. Accessed 2026-07-14.