Austrosciapus
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Dolichopodidae
- Genus: Austrosciapus
Visual Description
Austrosciapus is a genus of long-legged flies within the family Dolichopodidae. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, members of this genus typically exhibit a slender body form characteristic of the subfamily Sciapodinae.[1] Many species, such as Austrosciapus connexus, are noted for their metallic green coloration, which is visible across the thorax and abdomen.[2] The legs are notably long and slender, often appearing yellowish or brownish in color.[1]
Biology and Classification
The genus Austrosciapus was described by Daniel J. Bickel in 1992. It is a member of the subfamily Sciapodinae.[3] Morphological studies have compared the oviscapt structure of certain fossil species, such as Wheelerenomyia corcula, to that of Austrosciapus, noting similarities in the ninth tergum, which is divided into two long, narrow hemitergites, each bearing two long, simple setae, with cerci that are distinctly longer than the hemitergites.[4]
Interactions have been recorded for species within the genus, such as Austrosciapus proximus, which has been observed interacting with plants like Phormium tenax and insects in the family Caeciliusidae.[5]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Dolichopodidae / Austrosciapus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Austrosciapus Bickel, 1992. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1608085. Accessed 2026-07-15.
- ↑ Austrosciapus. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrosciapus. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ I. Ya. Grichanov. Systematic notes on Sciapodinae from Baltic amber and on Dolichopodidae from Tanzanian copal (Diptera). Caucasian Entomological Bulletin. 2008. https://doi.org/10.23885/1814-3326-2008-4-1-137-139.
- ↑ Austrosciapus. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Austrosciapus. Accessed 2026-07-14.