Spheginobaccha
| Spheginobaccha | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Microdontinae |
| Tribe: | Spheginobacchini Thompson, 1972 |
| Genus: | Spheginobaccha Meijere, 1908 |
| Type species | |
| Sphegina macropoda Bigot, 1883 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Spheginobaccha is a genus of hoverflies, with 15 known species. The genus is readily separated from other microdons by the incomplete metathoracic bridge, round/oval basoflagellomere, occiput with a dorsolateral crease, and other characters. It is the only genus in the tribe Spheginobacchini.
Biology
Distribution
They are native to Africa (five species) and Asia (eight species).
Species
The macropoda group (Asia):
- Spheginobaccha aethusa (Walker, 1849)
- Spheginobaccha chillcotti Thompson, 1974
- Spheginobaccha demeijerei van Doesburg, 1968
- Spheginobaccha duplex (Walker, 1857)
- Spheginobaccha humeralis (Sack, 1926)
- Spheginobaccha knutsoni Thompson, 1974
- Spheginobaccha lieftincki Doesburg, 1968
- Spheginobaccha macropoda (Bigot, 1883)
- Spheginobaccha melancholia Hull, 1937
- Spheginobaccha vandoesburgi Thompson, 1974
The rotundiceps group (South Africa):
- Spheginobaccha dexioides Hull, 1944
- Spheginobaccha dubia Thompson, 1974
- Spheginobaccha pamela Thompson & Hauser, 2015
- Spheginobaccha rotundiceps (Loew, 1857)
- Spheginobaccha stuckenbergi Thompson & Hauser, 2015
The perialla group (Malawi):
The ruginosa group (Madagascar):
- Spheginobaccha ruginosa Dirickx, 1995
References
- ↑ 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.
- 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. 1879: 21–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334. S2CID 4889764. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
- ↑ "Spheginobacchini Thompson, 1972". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- 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 (3): 255–287. JSTOR 25078156.
- 1 2 Thompson, F. Christian; Hauser, Martin (2015). "In Honor of Brian Stuckenberg: Two New Spheginobaccha Species of Flower Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Afrotropics". African Invertebrates. 56 (3): 769–777. doi:10.5733/afin.056.0318. S2CID 85980434. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
- ↑ Dirickx, H.G. (1995). "Le Genre Spheginobaccha de Meijere à Madagascar (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 31 (2): 151–156.