Allograpta
Allograpta | |
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Allograpta obliqua male | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Subfamily: | Syrphinae |
Tribe: | Syrphini |
Genus: | Allograpta Osten Sacken, 1875[1] |
Type species | |
Scaeva obliqua Say, 1823 | |
Subgenera | |
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Allograpta is a very large and diverse genus of hoverflies present throughout the world except most of the palearctic region. The adults are brightly coloured flower pollinators and most larvae have a predatory feeding mode involving soft-bodied sternorrhynchans. Certain species have diverged from this and their larvae have been found to be leaf-miners, stem-borers or pollen-feeders. Allograpta is currently being studied using both molecular and morphological methods to produce a robust phylogeny of the genus and its related genera. Preliminary studies show the genus to be monophyletic with the genera Sphaerophoria and Exallandra placed within which obviously complicates matters. A more complete review is needed before any major taxonomic changes can occur i.e. splitting the genus up or incorporating related genera.[1][3]
List of species by subgenus or species group[3]
Subgenus Allograpta Osten Sacken, 1875 Allograpta obliqua species group (Afrotropical)
( Oriental & Palearctic)
( Australasia & Oceania)
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(Nearctic & Neotropical)
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Subgenus Fazia Shannon, 1927
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Subgenus Rhinoprosopa Hull, 1942
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mengual, Ximo; Ståhls, Gunilla; Rojo, Santos (2008). "Molecular phylogeny of Allograpta (Diptera, Syrphidae) reveals diversity of lineages and non-monophyly of phytophagous taxa". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (PDF) (Elsevier) 49 (3): 715–727. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.09.011. PMID 18848633.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.10 2.11 2.12 Smith, Kenneth G.V.; Vockeroth, J.R. (1980). Crosskey, R.W., ed. Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region (Print). London: British museum (Natural History). pp. 1– 1436. ISBN 0565 00821 8.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ximo Mengual; Carlos Ruiz; Santos Rojo; Gunilla Ståls; Frederic Christian Thompson (2009). "A conspectus of the flower fly genus Allograpta (Diptera: Syrphidae) with description of a new subgenus and species" (PDF). Zootaxa 2214: 1–28. Retrieved 11-02-201. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Marinoni, Luciane; Thompson, F. Christian (2003). "Flower flies of southeastern Brazil (Diptera: Syrphidae) Part I. Introduction and new species". Studia dipterologica 10 (2): 565–578. ISSN 0945-3954.