Azelia trigonica
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Muscidae
- Genus: Azelia
- Species: Azelia trigonica
Visual Description
Azelia trigonica is a small fly, consistent with the general size range of the genus Azelia (2.5–5.5 mm).[2] Members of the genus are characterized by dark coloration.[2] The scutum is typically velvety black anteriorly, with the posterior part of the postsutural area appearing brownish-grey dusted.[2] The abdomen is generally dusted, featuring an interrupted median stripe and paired lateral spots on each tergite.[2] Morphological details observed in specimens, such as those in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, support these general diagnostic features.[1]
Distribution and Ecology
Azelia trigonica has a wide distribution, historically considered European, but now known to extend into Asia, including regions such as eastern Kazakhstan and Russia (e.g., Altai Republic, Sakha-Yakutia, Tver, St. Petersburg, and Krasnodar).[2] Southern records include Serbia and the Caucasus, indicating a preference for northern, cooler regions.[2] Flies in the genus Azelia are typically associated with the dung of large herbivores.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Muscidae / Azelia / trigonica constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Nikita E. Vikhrev. REVIEW OF THE WORLD FAUNA OF THE GENUS AZELIA (DIPTERA, MUSCIDAE). . 2015. https://doi.org/10.33910/1999-4079-2015-7-1-33-42.