Austroleria extensa
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Heleomyzidae
- Genus: Austroleria
- Species: Austroleria extensa
Visual Description
Austroleria extensa is a small fly characterized by a generally brownish or yellowish-brown body coloration. Observations from photographic records indicate a slender, elongated body form typical of many heleomyzid flies. The wings are typically clear or slightly tinged, with visible venation patterns characteristic of the family. The thorax and abdomen exhibit a relatively uniform, muted coloration, and the legs are slender.[1]
Distribution and Taxonomy
Austroleria extensa was described by the entomologist David K. McAlpine in 1967.[2] The species is recognized as an accepted name within the family Heleomyzidae.
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Heleomyzidae / Austroleria / extensa constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Austroleria extensa McAlpine, 1967. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1562190. Accessed 2026-07-15.