Allobaccha neavei
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 neavei
Visual Description
Allobaccha neavei is a hoverfly species characterized by a slender, elongated body typical of the genus. Observations of museum specimens from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a distinct, narrow "waist" (petiolate abdomen) where the first abdominal segment is significantly constricted.[1] The abdomen exhibits a dark, metallic coloration with contrasting pale or yellowish markings, often arranged in bands or spots across the tergites. The wings are generally clear or slightly infuscated, with a characteristic venation pattern common to the Syrphidae family.[1]
Distribution and Classification
Allobaccha neavei was described by the entomologist Mario Bezzi in 1915.[2] The species is recognized as an accepted name within the genus Allobaccha, which belongs to the family Syrphidae, commonly known as hoverflies or flower flies.[2]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Syrphidae / Allobaccha / neavei constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Allobaccha neavei (Bezzi, 1915). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1536995. Accessed 2026-07-16.