Allobaccha claripennis
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Syrphidae
- Genus: Allobaccha
- Species: Allobaccha claripennis
Visual Description
Allobaccha claripennis is a hoverfly characterized by a slender, elongated body typical of the genus. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that the species exhibits a distinct abdominal pattern, often featuring dark, metallic-toned segments with contrasting lighter or yellowish markings.[1] The wings are generally clear, as suggested by the specific epithet claripennis, and the thorax often displays a dark, sometimes metallic, coloration.[1]
General Information
Allobaccha claripennis (Loew, 1858) is a species of hoverfly in the family Syrphidae.[2] It was originally described by Hermann Loew in his work on African Diptera.[2]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Syrphidae / Allobaccha / claripennis constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Allobaccha claripennis (Loew, 1858). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1537027. Accessed 2026-07-16.