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Allobaccha
Sign in to saveAllobaccha is a genus of hoverfly with a large number of species. It was originally created as a subgenus of Baccha. Many species have an elongated wasp like abdomen and adults as well as larvae are predators of soft-bodied Hemiptera.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 30
- With media
- 23
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Collections
- SAM, NHMUK, AM, QM, MNHN
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Ghana, Australia, India, IndonéSie, Senegal
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Allobaccha is a genus of hoverfly with a large number of species. It was originally created as a subgenus of Baccha. Many species have an elongated wasp like abdomen and adults as well as larvae are predators of soft-bodied Hemiptera.
==Species== Species in the genus include: A. atra (Van Doesburg, 1959) A. basalis (Walker, 1861) A. bequaerti (Curran, 1929) A. denhoedi (Van Doesburg, 1959) A. flavipes (Van Doesburg, 1959) A. fumosa Dirickx, 2010 A. inversa (Curran, 1929) A. liberia (Curran, 1929) A. loriae (De Meijere, 1908) A. macgregori (Curran, 1929) A. madecassa Dirickx, 2010 A. mundula (Van der Wulp, 1898) A. nigroscutata (Enderlein, 1938) A. nitidithorax (Curran, 1929) A. obscura Dirickx, 2010 A. purpuricola (Walker, 1859) A. rubella (Van der Wulp, 1898) A. sapphirina (Wiedemann, 1830) A. similis Dirickx, 2010 A. subflava Dirickx, 2010 A. pallida (De Meijere, 1908)
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