Allograpta obliqua
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 obliqua
Visual Description
Allograpta obliqua is a species of hoverfly characterized by a distinct pattern on its abdomen. Observed in images from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, the abdomen features a series of yellow and black markings, often including longitudinal yellow stripes that extend towards the posterior, giving it a characteristic oblique appearance.[1] The fly typically exhibits the classic hoverfly body form, with large compound eyes and a slender abdomen.[1]
Biology and Research
Allograpta obliqua has been utilized in comparative studies regarding insect physiology. Research into double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) degradation and processing has shown that the body fluids of A. obliqua possess the capacity to degrade dsRNA. In comparative analyses, A. obliqua demonstrated higher CB50 values—the concentration of body fluid required to degrade 50% of dsRNA—compared to other dipteran species such as Drosophila melanogaster, Musca domestica, Anastrepha suspensa, and Aedes aegypti.[2]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Syrphidae / Allograpta / obliqua constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Indrakant K. Singh; Satnam Singh; Kanakachari Mogilicherla; Jayendra Nath Shukla; Subba Reddy Palli. Comparative analysis of double-stranded RNA degradation and processing in insects. Scientific Reports. 2017. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17134-2.