Atylotus sublunaticornis
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 sublunaticornis
Visual Description
Atylotus sublunaticornis exhibits the characteristic morphology of the genus Atylotus. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the species displays a robust, hairy body typical of many horseflies.[1] The compound eyes are prominent and, in many specimens, show a characteristic coloration and texture. The thorax and abdomen are covered in dense, fine setae, which contribute to a somewhat muted, brownish or yellowish-grey overall appearance.[1]
Distribution and Ecology
Atylotus sublunaticornis (Zetterstedt, 1842) is a recognized species within the family Tabanidae.[2] It has been documented as part of the horsefly fauna in the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous okrug (YNAO) of the Tyumen region, Russia.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tabanidae / Atylotus / sublunaticornis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Atylotus sublunaticornis (Zetterstedt, 1842). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1494198. Accessed 2026-07-17.
- ↑ Tatyana A. Khlyzova. To the fauna of mosquitoes and horseflies (Diptera: Culicidae, Tabanidae) of natural and climatic zones of the Tyumen region. E3S Web of Conferences. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202339007016.