Automola atomaria
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Richardiidae
- Genus: Automola
- Species: Automola atomaria
Visual Description
Automola atomaria is a species of fly within the family Richardiidae. Based on observations of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the species exhibits a distinct body form characteristic of its family.[1] The flies typically display a patterned appearance on their wings, which is a common trait among many Richardiidae. The body is generally slender, and the overall coloration includes shades of brown and black, often with metallic or iridescent reflections on the thorax and abdomen. The head is relatively large in proportion to the body, with prominent compound eyes.
Taxonomy and Classification
Automola atomaria was originally described by the entomologist Wiedemann in 1830, under the name Ortalis atomaria.[2] It is currently recognized as an accepted species within the genus Automola.
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Richardiidae / Automola / atomaria constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Automola atomaria (Wiedemann, 1830). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/5086382. Accessed 2026-07-16.