Azelia triquetra
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 triquetra
Visual Description
Azelia triquetra is a small, dark-bodied fly, consistent with the general morphology of the genus Azelia [2]. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset show individuals with a compact, robust form typical of many muscid flies [1]. The body exhibits a dark coloration, and the wings are clear with characteristic venation, including a short anal vein [2].
Ecology and Distribution
Species within the genus Azelia are generally associated with the dung of large herbivorous animals [2]. They are primarily distributed in temperate to cold zones of the Palaearctic and are well-represented in the Nearctic, while being largely absent from the tropics and the Southern Hemisphere [2].
Taxonomic Notes
Azelia triquetra (Wiedemann, 1817) is an accepted species name [3]. Recent taxonomic reviews have established the synonymy of Azelia triquetra with Azelia nuditibia (Emden, 1965) [2].
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Muscidae / Azelia / triquetra 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 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.
- ↑ Azelia triquetra (Wiedemann, 1817). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1529816. Accessed 2026-07-16.