Austroplex chrysophilus
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Tabanidae
- Genus: Austroplex
- Species: Austroplex chrysophilus
Visual Description
Austroplex chrysophilus is a species of horse fly within the family Tabanidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that individuals of this species exhibit a robust, typical tabanid body form. Key visible traits include a pair of large, prominent compound eyes that dominate the head region, and a thorax and abdomen characterized by dense, often golden-brown or yellowish pubescence, which likely contributes to its specific epithet chrysophilus (meaning "gold-loving"). The wings are typically clear or lightly tinted with distinct venation patterns characteristic of the family.[1]
Taxonomic History
Austroplex chrysophilus was originally described by Francis Walker in 1848 as Tabanus chrysophilus.[2]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tabanidae / Austroplex / chrysophilus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Austroplex chrysophilus (Walker, 1848). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1500737. Accessed 2026-07-17.