Austalis smaragdi
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 smaragdi
Visual Description
Austalis smaragdi is a hoverfly characterized by a robust, bee-like appearance. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a distinct, metallic-green or bronze-green coloration on the thorax and abdomen, which gives the species its specific epithet.[1] The abdomen typically exhibits a pattern of transverse bands or markings, and the wings are clear with characteristic venation typical of the family Syrphidae.[1]
Taxonomic History
The species was originally described by Francis Walker in 1849 as Eristalis smaragdi.[2] It is currently accepted as Austalis smaragdi (Walker, 1849).
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Syrphidae / Austalis / smaragdi constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Austalis smaragdi (Walker, 1849). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/5979359. Accessed 2026-07-16.