Atylotus tingaureus
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 tingaureus
Visual Description
Atylotus tingaureus is a species of horse fly within the family Tabanidae. Observations of specimens from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal characteristic features of the genus, including a robust, hairy body typical of Atylotus species. The eyes are generally densely covered in fine hairs, a diagnostic trait for the genus. The overall coloration is often muted, with brownish or yellowish tones that provide camouflage in their natural habitats.[1]
Classification and History
Atylotus tingaureus was described by the entomologist Cornelius Becker Philip in 1936.[2] It was originally described under the basionym Tabanus tingaureus.
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tabanidae / Atylotus / tingaureus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Atylotus tingaureus (Philip, 1936). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1494209. Accessed 2026-07-17.