Spheginobaccha
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| Spheginobaccha | |
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| 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
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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
[edit | edit source]Larvae are found in ant nests.
Distribution
[edit | edit source]They are native to Africa (five species) and Asia (eight species).[2]
Species
[edit | edit source]The macropoda group (Asia):[4]
- Spheginobaccha aethusa (Walker, 1849)
- Spheginobaccha chillcotti Thompson, 1974[4]
- Spheginobaccha demeijerei van Doesburg, 1968
- Spheginobaccha duplex (Walker, 1857)
- Spheginobaccha humeralis (Sack, 1926)
- Spheginobaccha knutsoni Thompson, 1974[4]
- Spheginobaccha lieftincki Doesburg, 1968
- Spheginobaccha macropoda (Bigot, 1883)
- Spheginobaccha melancholia Hull, 1937
- Spheginobaccha vandoesburgi Thompson, 1974[4]
The rotundiceps group (South Africa):[4]
- Spheginobaccha dexioides Hull, 1944
- Spheginobaccha dubia Thompson, 1974[4]
- Spheginobaccha pamela Thompson & Hauser, 2015[5]
- Spheginobaccha rotundiceps (Loew, 1857)
- Spheginobaccha stuckenbergi Thompson & Hauser, 2015[5]
The perialla group (Malawi):[4]
The ruginosa group (Madagascar):
- Spheginobaccha ruginosa Dirickx, 1995[6]
References
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