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
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Spheginobaccha

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

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):[3]

The rotundiceps group (South Africa):[3]

The perialla group (Malawi):[3]

The ruginosa group (Madagascar):

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  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.