Austalis muscoides
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Syrphidae
- Genus: Austalis
- Species: Austalis muscoides
Visual Description
Austalis muscoides is a hoverfly species characterized by a robust, hairy appearance. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that the body is densely covered in fine, hair-like setae, giving it a somewhat fuzzy or "moss-like" texture, which is consistent with its specific epithet. The thorax and abdomen exhibit a pattern of dark and lighter-colored markings, often with a metallic or brownish sheen. The wings are typically clear and membranous, characteristic of the order Diptera.[1]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Syrphidae / Austalis / muscoides constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.