Austalis
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Syrphidae
- Genus: Austalis
Visual Description
Austalis species are hoverflies that exhibit characteristic features of the family Syrphidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that these flies typically possess a robust, bee-like or wasp-like body form, often with distinct abdominal patterning.[1] The wings are generally clear and held in a characteristic position typical of the Eristalini tribe.[2]
General Information
Austalis is a genus of hoverflies in the family Syrphidae, established by Thompson and Vockeroth in 2003.[3] Members of this genus are primarily found in the Australasian region.
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Syrphidae / Austalis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Austalis. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austalis. Accessed 2026-07-15.
- ↑ Austalis Thompson & Vockeroth, 2003. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1539742. Accessed 2026-07-16.