Austrolimnophila argus
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Limoniidae
- Genus: Austrolimnophila
- Species: Austrolimnophila argus
Visual Description
Austrolimnophila argus is a crane fly characterized by its slender body and long, delicate legs, typical of the family Limoniidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that the wings exhibit a distinct, mottled pattern, featuring numerous dark spots or "eyes" against a lighter, translucent background, which likely contributes to its specific epithet, argus.[1] The body coloration is generally brownish, providing camouflage in its natural habitat.[1]
General Information
Austrolimnophila argus was originally described by F.W. Hutton in 1900 as Limnophila argus.[2] It is an accepted species within the genus Austrolimnophila.
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Limoniidae / Austrolimnophila / argus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Austrolimnophila argus (Hutton, 1900). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1518281. Accessed 2026-07-16.