Spheginobaccha
| Spheginobaccha | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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]Larvae are found in ant nests.
Distribution
[edit]They are native to Africa (five species) and Asia (eight species).[2]
Species
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Thompson, F.C. (1974). "The genus Spheginobaccha de Meijere (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 100 (3): 255–287. JSTOR 25078156.
- ^ a b 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.