Austalis pulchella
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 pulchella
Visual Description
Austalis pulchella is a hoverfly characterized by a robust, bee-like appearance. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that the species possesses a distinct, patterned abdomen with alternating dark and light bands, typical of many Syrphidae.[1] The thorax is often covered in dense, short setae, and the wings are clear with prominent venation. The head features large, prominent compound eyes that dominate the dorsal surface.[1]
General Information
Austalis pulchella (Macquart, 1846) is an accepted species within the family Syrphidae.[2] It was originally described by P.J.M. Macquart in his work on exotic Diptera.
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Syrphidae / Austalis / pulchella constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Austalis pulchella (Macquart, 1846). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1539763. Accessed 2026-07-16.