Spheginobaccha

Spheginobaccha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Spheginobaccha
de Meijere, 1908
Type species
Sphegina macropoda
Bigot, 1883
Synonyms
  • Dexiosyrphus Hull, 1944

Spheginobaccha is a genus of hoverflies, with 15 known species.[1] The genus is readily separated from other microdons by the incomplete metathoracic bridge, round/oval basoflagellomere, occiput with a dorsolateral crease, and other characters.[2]

Biology

Larvae are found in ant nests.

Distribution

They are native to Africa (five species) and Asia (eight species).[2]

Species

The macropoda group (Asia):[3]

  • Spheginobaccha aethusa (Walker, 1849)
  • Spheginobaccha chillcotti Thompson, 1974[3]
  • Spheginobaccha demeijerei van Doesburg, 1968
  • Spheginobaccha duplex (Walker, 1857)
  • Spheginobaccha humeralis (Sack, 1926)
  • Spheginobaccha knutsoni Thompson, 1974[3]
  • Spheginobaccha lieftincki Doesburg, 1968
  • Spheginobaccha macropoda (Bigot, 1883)
  • Spheginobaccha melancholia Hull, 1937
  • Spheginobaccha vandoesburgi Thompson, 1974[3]

The rotundiceps group (South Africa):[3]

  • Spheginobaccha dexioides Hull, 1944
  • Spheginobaccha dubia Thompson, 1974[3]
  • Spheginobaccha rotundiceps (Loew, 1857)

The perialla group (Malawi):[3]

  • Spheginobaccha perialla Thompson, 1974[3]

The ruginosa group (Madagascar):

  • Spheginobaccha ruginosa Dirickx, 1995

References

  1. ↑ Reemer, Menno; Ståhls, Gunilla (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys. 288: 1–213. doi:10.3897/zookeys.288.4095. PMC 3690914. PMID 23798897.
  2. 1 2 Cheng, Xin-Yue; Thompson, F. Christian (2008). "A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Zootaxa. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1879: 21–48. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Thompson, F.C. (1974). "The genus Spheginobaccha de Meijere (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 100: 255–287. JSTOR 25078156.


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