Australosymmerus
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Ditomyiidae
- Genus: Australosymmerus
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Australosymmerus specimens exhibit typical dipteran features, including a slender body and prominent wings.[1] The wings are often clear or lightly patterned, and the legs are elongated, characteristic of many members of the family Ditomyiidae.[1]
Distribution and Ecology
The family Ditomyiidae is a small group of Diptera comprising approximately 15 genera and 107 species, with a global distribution excluding the Afrotropical region.[2] Within the Neotropical region, 32 species are described across nine genera, with four of these genera, including Australosymmerus, present in Brazil. The genus Australosymmerus is noted for its presence in tropical forest areas.
Morphology
Morphological characteristics of the family Ditomyiidae include a very short subcostal vein (sc), a long R2+3 vein that ends freely (forming a third fork in front of the anterior fork, M1+M2), and a crossvein (tb) connected to the posterior fork (M4).
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Ditomyiidae / Australosymmerus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Carlos Henrique Marchiori. Definition of the families of mosquitoes and flies of the suborder Bibionomorpha (Insecta: Diptera).. Definitions. 2024. https://doi.org/10.32388/38d473.3.