Austrotipula hudsoni
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Tipulidae
- Genus: Austrotipula
- Species: Austrotipula hudsoni
Visual Description
Austrotipula hudsoni is a crane fly characterized by a slender, elongated body typical of the family Tipulidae. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a distinct, patterned appearance on the thorax and abdomen, often featuring longitudinal stripes or markings. The wings are long and narrow, extending well beyond the tip of the abdomen, and exhibit a characteristic venation pattern common to the genus. The legs are notably long and fragile, typical of the group.[1]
History and Classification
Austrotipula hudsoni was originally described by F.W. Hutton in 1900 as Pachyrhina hudsoni.[2] It is currently recognized as an accepted species within the genus Austrotipula.
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tipulidae / Austrotipula / hudsoni constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Austrotipula hudsoni (Hutton, 1900). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1508076. Accessed 2026-07-17.