Allograpta limbata
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 limbata
Visual Description
Allograpta limbata exhibits the characteristic slender, hoverfly-like body form typical of the genus Allograpta. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that the species possesses a distinct, patterned abdomen, often featuring yellow and black markings.[1] The head is dominated by large, prominent compound eyes, and the wings are typically clear and held flat over the abdomen when at rest.[1]
Taxonomy and Identification
Allograpta limbata (Fabricius, 1805) was originally described as Scaeva limbata.[2][3] The species Allograpta fuscisquama Curran (1927) is considered a synonym of A. limbata.[2]
Within the genus Allograpta, A. limbata can be distinguished from A. venusta by the color of the squamae and the pilosity of the male front; A. limbata has mostly brown squamae and a black pilose front in the male, whereas A. venusta typically exhibits yellowish squamae and a mostly yellow pilose front.[2]
Ecology and Distribution
Allograpta limbata is considered a fairly common species in Puerto Rico, with records from various localities including Corozal, El Verde, Aguas Buenas, Caja de Muertos Island, Isabela, Río Piedras, Barranquitas, Mayagüez, El Yunque, and Cayey.[2] As with other members of the genus Allograpta, the larvae are believed to be aphidophagous.[2]
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Syrphidae / Allograpta / limbata constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 4 5 H. S. Telford. The Syrphidae of Puerto Rico. The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico. 1973. https://doi.org/10.46429/jaupr.v57i3.10746.
- ↑ Allograpta limbata (Fabricius, 1805). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1540905. Accessed 2026-07-16.