Atylotus bicolor
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Tabanidae
- Genus: Atylotus
- Species: Atylotus bicolor
Visual Description
Atylotus bicolor is a species of horse fly. Based on observations of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the adult fly exhibits a robust, typical tabanid body form. The eyes are large and holoptic in males, meeting at the midline, and dichoptic in females. The thorax and abdomen are covered in dense, fine hairs, often giving the insect a somewhat fuzzy or pubescent appearance. The coloration is generally muted, featuring shades of brown, tan, or yellowish-grey, which provides camouflage in its natural environment. The wings are clear or slightly tinted, with characteristic venation typical of the family Tabanidae.[1]
Classification and History
Atylotus bicolor was first described by the entomologist Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann in 1821.[2] It is currently an accepted species within the genus Atylotus.
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tabanidae / Atylotus / bicolor constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Atylotus bicolor (Wiedemann, 1821). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1494240. Accessed 2026-07-17.