Aurotipula
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Tipulidae
- Genus: Aurotipula
Visual Description
Members of the genus Aurotipula exhibit the characteristic crane fly morphology, featuring a slender body and exceptionally long, fragile-looking legs. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that these insects possess a distinct, often yellowish or orange-toned thorax, which contrasts with their darker, elongated abdomen. The wings are typically transparent with visible venation and may feature darkened or pigmented areas, particularly along the anterior margins or at the wing tips.[1]
Ecology and Interactions
Aurotipula species are known to be preyed upon by carnivorous plants, specifically the sundew Drosera binata.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tipulidae / Aurotipula constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Aurotipula. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Aurotipula. Accessed 2026-07-16.