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Allobaccha

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Allobaccha
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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

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

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Species in the genus include:

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

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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.
  2. ^ a b c d Curran, C.H. (1929). "Nineteen new Diptera from Africa" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (340): 15. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f 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.
  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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