Biology:Allobaccha

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Allobaccha
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Tribe: Syrphini
Genus: Allobaccha
Curran, 1928
Type species
Baccha rubella

Allobaccha is a genus of hoverfly with a large number of species. It was originally created as a subgenus of Baccha. Many species have an elongated wasp like abdomen and adults as well as larvae are predators of soft-bodied Hemiptera.

Species

Species in the genus include:

  • A. atra (Van Doesburg, 1959)
  • A. basalis (Walker, 1861)
  • A. bequaerti (Curran, 1929)[2]
  • A. denhoedi (Van Doesburg, 1959)
  • A. flavipes (Van Doesburg, 1959)
  • A. fumosa Dirickx, 2010[3]
  • A. inversa (Curran, 1929)[2]
  • A. liberia (Curran, 1929)[2]
  • A. loriae (De Meijere, 1908)
  • A. macgregori (Curran, 1929)[4]
  • A. madecassa Dirickx, 2010[3]
  • A. mundula (Van der Wulp, 1898)[1]
  • A. nigroscutata (Enderlein, 1938)[3]
  • A. nitidithorax (Curran, 1929)[2]
  • A. obscura Dirickx, 2010[3]
  • A. purpuricola (Walker, 1859)
  • A. rubella (Van der Wulp, 1898)[1]
  • A. sapphirina (Wiedemann, 1830)
  • A. similis Dirickx, 2010[3]
  • A. subflava Dirickx, 2010[3]
  • A. pallida (De Meijere, 1908)

Allobaccha picta (Wiedemann, 1830) is a synonym of Copestylum pictum (Wiedemann, 1830).

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wulp, F. M. van der (1898). "Dipteren aus Neu-Guinea in der Sammlung des Ungarischen National-Museums". Természetrajzi Füzetek Kiadja a Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum 21: 419. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30765572. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Curran, C.H. (1929). "Nineteen new Diptera from Africa". American Museum Novitates (340): 15. https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/3117//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/nov/N0340.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y. Retrieved 5 July 2021. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Dirickx, Henri G. (2010). "Notes sur le genre Allobaccha Curran, 1928 (Diptera, Syrphidae) à Madagascar avec descriptions de cinq nouvelles espèces" (in French). Revue suisse de zoologie; annales de la Société zoologique suisse et du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève 117 (2): 213–233. https://archive.org/download/biostor-134783/biostor-134783.pdf. 
  4. Curran, C.H. (1929). "New Syrphidae and Tachinidae.". Annals of the Entomological Society of America 22 (3): 489–510. doi:10.1093/aesa/22.3.489. 

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