Australosymmerus aculeatus
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Ditomyiidae
- Genus: Australosymmerus
- Species: Australosymmerus aculeatus
Visual Description
Australosymmerus aculeatus is a small, delicate fly characteristic of the family Ditomyiidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a slender body form typical of many nematoceran dipterans.[1] The specimens exhibit long, slender legs and prominent, multi-segmented antennae. The wings are generally clear or lightly tinted, with a venation pattern consistent with the genus Australosymmerus.[1]
History and Classification
Australosymmerus aculeatus was originally described by F.W. Edwards in 1921 under the name Centrocnemis aculeatus.[2] The species is currently accepted as a member of the genus Australosymmerus within the family Ditomyiidae.
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Ditomyiidae / Australosymmerus / aculeatus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Australosymmerus aculeatus (Edwards, 1921). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1563377. Accessed 2026-07-15.