Australoconops
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Conopidae
- Genus: Australoconops
Overview
Australoconops is a genus of flies in the family Conopidae, first described by Sidney Camras in 1961.[2]
Visual Description
Members of the genus Australoconops are thick-headed flies characterized by a slender, often wasp-like body form. Observations of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a distinct, elongated abdomen that is frequently curved or clubbed at the posterior end. The wings are typically clear or lightly patterned, and the head is notably large relative to the body, a common trait among Conopidae. The coloration often includes patterns of yellow, black, or brown, which may contribute to a mimicry of aculeate wasps.[1]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Conopidae / Australoconops constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Australoconops Camras, 1961. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1568322. Accessed 2026-07-15.