Allobaccha

Allobaccha
Scientific classification
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[edit]

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[edit]

^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Curran, C.H. (1929). "Nineteen new Diptera from Africa" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (340): 15. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
^ ^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; annales de la Société zoologique suisse et du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève (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[edit]

http://www.papua-insects.nl/insect%20orders/Diptera/Syrphoidea/Syrphoidea.htm

[Wulp1898-1] 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.

[Curran1929-2] Curran, C.H. (1929). "Nineteen new Diptera from Africa" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (340): 15. Retrieved 5 July 2021.

[Dirickx2010-3] ^ ^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; annales de la Société zoologique suisse et du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève (in French). 117 (2): 213–233.

[Curran1929b-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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