Spheginobaccha

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Spheginobaccha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Tribe: Spheginobacchini
Thompson, 1972
Genus: Spheginobaccha
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] It is the only genus in the tribe Spheginobacchini.[3]

Biology

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Larvae are found in ant nests.

Distribution

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

Species

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The macropoda group (Asia):[4]

The rotundiceps group (South Africa):[4]

The perialla group (Malawi):[4]

The ruginosa group (Madagascar):

References

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