Avibrissosturmia
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Tachinidae
- Genus: Avibrissosturmia
Visual Description
Based on observations of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, members of the genus Avibrissosturmia exhibit typical tachinid fly morphology.[1] The body is robust and covered in numerous, prominent black bristles (macrochaetae), particularly on the thorax and abdomen, which is a characteristic feature of the family Tachinidae.[1] The wings are clear and membranous, with distinct venation patterns typical of the order Diptera.[1]
Classification and History
Avibrissosturmia is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.[2] The genus was described by the entomologist Charles Henry Tyler Townsend in 1927.
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References
- 1 2 3 4 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tachinidae / Avibrissosturmia constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Avibrissosturmia Townsend, 1927. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1472060. Accessed 2026-07-17.