Australoberis refugians
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Stratiomyidae
- Genus: Australoberis
- Species: Australoberis refugians
Visual Description
Australoberis refugians is a soldier fly characterized by a slender, elongated body form typical of the family Stratiomyidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that the species exhibits a metallic or dark-pigmented thorax and abdomen. The wings are generally clear or slightly infuscated, with distinct venation patterns characteristic of the genus. The legs are slender, and the antennae are relatively prominent.[1]
Taxonomy and History
Australoberis refugians was originally described by David W. Miller in 1917 as Beris refugians, as part of his work on the Diptera fauna of New Zealand.[2] It is currently an accepted species within the genus Australoberis.
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Stratiomyidae / Australoberis / refugians constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Australoberis refugians (Miller, 1917). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1578421. Accessed 2026-07-16.