Allograpta alamacula
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Syrphidae
- Genus: Allograpta
- Species: Allograpta alamacula
Visual Description
Allograpta alamacula is a hoverfly characterized by its distinct abdominal patterning. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a slender body typical of the genus Allograpta. The abdomen features a series of yellow or pale markings against a darker background, which are diagnostic of the species. The wings are clear and held in a characteristic position when at rest. The head is dominated by large, holoptic eyes in males, which are typical for many syrphid species.[1]
Distribution and Taxonomy
Allograpta alamacula was described by Mary Carver and F. Christian Thompson in 2003.[2] The species is recognized as an accepted name within the family Syrphidae.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Syrphidae / Allograpta / alamacula constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Allograpta alamacula Carver, 2003. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1541083. Accessed 2026-07-16.
- ↑ Allograpta alamacula Carver 2003 - Plazi TreatmentBank. Plazi TreatmentBank. http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/xhtml/93E153FBCEFE51D08563CEA30BDED2DA. Accessed 2026-07-14.