Allobaccha sapphirina
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 sapphirina
Visual Description
Allobaccha sapphirina is a hoverfly species. Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the species exhibits a slender, elongated body typical of many Syrphidae, with a distinct, narrow petiolate abdomen.[1] The thorax and abdomen often display metallic or iridescent coloration, which is characteristic of the genus.[1]
Distribution and Ecology
Allobaccha sapphirina (Wiedemann, 1830) is a hoverfly species that has been recorded in the Sistan & Baluchistan province of Iran.[2] Its broader distribution encompasses the Afrotropical and Oriental regions, as well as Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula.[2]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Syrphidae / Allobaccha / sapphirina constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Abu Fazel Dousti. An updated checklist of Syrphidae (Diptera, Brachycera) from Iran. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics. 2023. https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.9.2.207.