| Allobaccha | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Tribe: | Syrphini |
| Genus: | Allobaccha Curran, 1928 |
| Type species | |
| Baccha rubella Van der Wulp, 1898 | |
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)
- A. denhoedi (Van Doesburg, 1959)
- A. flavipes (Van Doesburg, 1959)
- A. fumosa Dirickx, 2010
- A. inversa (Curran, 1929)
- A. liberia (Curran, 1929)
- A. loriae (De Meijere, 1908)
- A. macgregori (Curran, 1929)
- A. madecassa Dirickx, 2010
- A. mundula (Van der Wulp, 1898)
- A. nigroscutata (Enderlein, 1938)
- A. nitidithorax (Curran, 1929)
- A. obscura Dirickx, 2010
- A. purpuricola (Walker, 1859)
- A. rubella (Van der Wulp, 1898)
- A. sapphirina (Wiedemann, 1830)
- A. similis Dirickx, 2010
- A. subflava Dirickx, 2010
- A. pallida (De Meijere, 1908)
 | This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2011) |
Allobaccha picta (Wiedemann, 1830) is a synonym of Copestylum pictum (Wiedemann, 1830).
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Curran, C.H. (1929). "Nineteen new Diptera from Africa" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (340): 15. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
- ^ Dirickx, Henri G. (2010). "Notes sur le genre Allobaccha Curran, 1928 (Diptera, Syrphidae) à Madagascar avec descriptions de cinq nouvelles espèces" [Notes on the genus Allobaccha Curran, 1928 (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Madagascar, with descriptions of five new species] (PDF). Revue suisse de Zoologie (in French). 117 (2): 213–233.
- 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.
External links
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| Allobaccha | |