css3menu.com

CSS JS Menu by Css3Menu.com

 

Genus Allograpta

Copyright Ron Hemberger

Allograpta is a large and diverse genus of hover flies which includes many predators, pollinators, leaf miners, stem borers and pollen feeders. They are distributed in all over the world except in most of the palearctic region. The genus includes five species in North America (Eaton and Kaufman 2006).

Identification

Copyright: Enrique Ramirez Garcia

Some dorsal abdominal patterns of Allograpta species

The shape, size and colour of bands, presence or absence of hairs on anatomical parts, banding on the eyes are imoportant characteristics for the identification of Allograpta species. Their body size is vary from 6.5 mm to 9.0 mm (Vockeroth, J.R. 1992). They can be easily identified by yellow longitudinal striped pattern in 4th and 5th abdominal tergites (Fluke 1942).

Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Hexapoda Class Insecta Subclass Pterygota Infraclass Neoptera Order Diptera Suborder Brachycera Infraorder Muscomorpha Family Syrphidae Subfamily Syrphinae Tribe Syrphini Genus Allograpta Direct Children: Allograpta exotica (Wiedemann, 1830) Allograpta micrura (Osten Sacken, 1877) Allograpta obliqua (Say, 1823) Allograpta radiata (Bigot, 1857)

Synonym(s)

No Synonym