Spheginobaccha

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]

Spheginobaccha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Syrphidae
Subfamily:
Microdontinae
Tribe:
Spheginobacchini
Genus:
Spheginobaccha

Meijere, 1908
Type species
Sphegina macropoda
Bigot, 1883
Synonyms
  • Dexiosyrphus Hull, 1944

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]

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

The rotundiceps group (South Africa):[3]

  • S. dexioides Hull, 1944
  • S. dubia Thompson, 1974[3]
  • S. pamela Thompson & Hauser, 2015[4]
  • S. rotundiceps (Loew, 1857)
  • S. stuckenbergi Thompson & Hauser, 2015[4]

The perialla group (Malawi):[3]

  • S. perialla Thompson, 1974[3]

The ruginosa group (Madagascar):

  • S. ruginosa Dirickx, 1995[5]

References
  1. Reemer, Menno; Ståhls, Gunilla (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys. 288 (288): 1–213. doi:10.3897/zookeys.288.4095. PMC 3690914. PMID 23798897.
  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. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
  3. Thompson, F.C. (1974). "The genus Spheginobaccha de Meijere (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 100 (3): 255–287. JSTOR 25078156.
  4. 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. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  5. Dirickx, H.G. (1995). "Le Genre Spheginobaccha de Meijere à Madagascar (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 31 (2): 151–156.
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