Austrosaropogon
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Asilidae
- Genus: Austrosaropogon
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, members of the genus Austrosaropogon exhibit the characteristic body form of robber flies (family Asilidae).[1] They typically possess an elongated, robust thorax and a slender, tapering abdomen. The head features prominent, large compound eyes, which are typical for predatory dipterans. The legs are generally strong and well-developed, adapted for grasping prey. Due to the nature of the available imagery, finer morphological details such as specific setal patterns or wing venation are not consistently resolvable.[1]
General Information
Austrosaropogon is a genus of robber flies within the family Asilidae. It was described by the entomologist G.H. Hardy in 1934.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Asilidae / Austrosaropogon constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Austrosaropogon Hardy, 1934. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1659438. Accessed 2026-07-14.