Allograpta

Allograpta
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
Synonyms
Miogramma Frey, 1946 [2] NeoscaevaFrey, 1946 HelenomyiaBankowska, 1962 ParaxanthogrammaTao & Chiu, 1971 (Unav.)

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. ^[3]

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 but with the genera Sphaerophoria and Exallandra placed within which complicates matters. A 2009 review concluded that a more complete review is needed before major taxonomic changes could occur i.e. splitting the genus up or incorporating related genera, ^{[1] [4]} and the former subgenera were later elevated to genera in 2012. ^[5]

List of species by species group

Allograpta (s.s.) Osten Sacken, 1875 Allograpta obliqua species group (Afrotropical) A. borbonica Kassebeer, 2000 A. calopoides (Curran, 1938) [2] A. calopus (Loew, 1858) [2] A. fuscotibialis (Macquart, 1842) [2] A. hypoxantha (Bezzi, 1923) [2] A. nasuta (Macquart, 1842) [2] A. nigra (Keiser, 1971) [2] A. nummularia (Bezzi, 1920) [2] A. phaeoptera (Bezzi, 1920) [2] A. rediviva (Bezzi, 1915) [2] A. rufifacies (Keiser, 1971) [2] A. tenella (Keiser, 1971) [2] A. varipes (Curran, 1927) [2] (Oriental & Palearctic) A. dravida Ghorpade, 1994 A. javana (Wiedemann, 1824) A. kinabalensis (Curran, 1931) A. maculipleura (Brunetti, 1913) A. maritima Mutin, 1986 A. medanensis (Meijere, 1914) A. obscuricornis Meijere, 1914 A. philippina Frey, 1946 A. purpureicollis (Frey, 1946) A. robinsoni (Curran, 1928) (Australasia & Oceania) A. amphoterum (Bezzi, 1928) A. atkinsoni (Miller, 1921) A. australensis (Schiner, 1868) A. buruensis Meijere, 1929 A. citronella (Shiraki, 1963) A. distincta (Kertész, 1899) A. flavofaciens (Miller, 1921) A. hirsutifera (Hull, 1949) A. hudsoni (Miller, 1921) A. longulus (Shiraki, 1963) A. neofasciata Thompson, 1989 A. pallida (Bigot, 1884) A. pseudoropalus (Miller, 1921) A. ropalus (Walker, 1849) A. septemvittata (Shiraki, 1963)

(Nearctic & Neotropical) A. aeruginosifrons (Schiner, 1868) A. annulipes (Macquart, 1850) A. aperta Fluke, 1942 A. bilineella Enderlein, 1938 A. browni Fluke, 1942 A. exotica (Wiedemann, )[3] A. falcata Fluke, 1942 A. hastata Fluke, 1942 A. hortensis (Pjilippi, 1865) A. insularis Thompson, 1981 A. limbata (Fabricius, 1805) A. neotropica Curran, 1936 [6] A. nigripilosa (Hull, 1944) A. obliqua (Say, 1823) A. obscuricornis (Meijere, 1914) A. philippina (Frey, 1946) A. piurana Shannon, 1927 A. pulchra Shannon, 1927 A. radiata Bigot, 1857 A. robinsoniana Enderlein, 1938 A. splendens (Thomson, 1869) A. tectiforma Fluke, 1942 A. teligera Fluke, 1942 A. trilimbata Bigot, 1889 Allograpta alamacula species group A. alamacula Carver, 2003 Allograpta ventralis species group A. dorsalis (Miller, 1924) A. ventralis (Miller, 1921) unranked A. neosplendens Thompson, in litt. Former subgenera: Genus Antillus Vockeroth, 1969 A. ascitus (Vockeroth, 1969) Genus Claraplumula Shannon, 1927 C. latifacies (Shannon, 1927)

Genus Rhinoprosopa Hull, 1942 R. aenea (Hull, 1937) R. flavophylla (Hull, 1943) R. lucifera (Hull, 1943) R. neonasuta Thompson, R. sycorax (Hull, 1947) Genus Tiquicia Thompson, 2012 T. zumbadoi Thompson, 2000 T. nishida Mengual & Thompson, 2009

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References

1. 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. 49 (3). Elsevier: 715–727. Bibcode:2008MolPE..49..715M. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.09.011. PMID   18848633.
2. 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). ISBN   0565-00821-8.
3. : K. Nishida, Rotheray, G., F. Thompson, C.. First non-predaceous syrphinae flower fly (Diptera: Syrphidae): A new leaf-mining Allograpta from Costa Rica
4. 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 2011-02-11.
5. Thompson, F. Christian (2012). "Costarica Mengual & Thompson, 2009 (Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae) junior homonym of Costarica Kocak & Kemal, 2008 (Insecta: Orthoptera): Proposed replacement by Tiquicia nom. nov". Zootaxa . 3360 (1): 68. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3360.1.3 . ISSN   1175-5326.
6. 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.