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Badisis ambulans
Sign in to saveBadisis is a stilt-legged fly genus with only one known species, Badisis ambulans. This is a wingless, haltere-less fly with an ant-like appearance. It is only found in the Southwest Australian bioregion of Western Australia. Dependent on the rare Albany pitcher plant (Cephalotus follicularis) for its development, this fly is also a rare species.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Badisis ambulans is referenced by 7 other articles, and connects out to Diptera, anatomical placement and halteres.
It is catalogued under topics including Arthropods of Western Australia, Insects of Australia and Micropezidae.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyMicropezidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 21
- Family
- Micropezidae
- Collections
- AM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Australia
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- Badisis ambulans
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- B. ambulans
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Description
- Head
- Thorax
- Abdomen
- Legs
- Ecology and status
- References
- Further reading
Badisis is a stilt-legged fly genus with only one known species, Badisis ambulans. This is a wingless, haltere-less fly with an ant-like appearance. It is only found in the Southwest Australian bioregion of Western Australia. Dependent on the rare Albany pitcher plant (Cephalotus follicularis) for its development, this fly is also a rare species.
Despite its many apomorphic features, the details of its morphology suggest a close relationship to the diverse genus Metopochetus, which is also in the tribe Metopochetini. The fossil stilt-legged fly Electrobata tertiaria from Baltic amber of the Paleogene also shows some similarities; it may be a very basal member of the Metopochetini, close to the divergence between these and the Eurybatinae.
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