''Allograpta '' is a very large and diverse

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present throughout the world except most of the

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region. The adults are brightly coloured flower pollinators and most larvae have a predatory feeding mode involving soft-bodied

sternorrhyncha The Sternorrhyncha suborder of the Hemiptera contains the aphids, whitefly, whiteflies, and scale insects, groups which were traditionally included in the now-obsolete order "Homoptera". The name "Sternorrhyncha" refers to the rearward position of ...

ns. Certain species have diverged from this and their larvae have been found to be

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s, stem-borers or pollen-feeders. ''Allograpta'' is currently being studied using both molecular and morphological methods to produce a robust phylogeny of the

and its related

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. Preliminary studies show the genus to be

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with the genera ''

Sphaerophoria ''Sphaerophoria '' is a genus of hoverflies. Species slender 5.6-12mm long with extremely large hemispherical male terminalia, after which the common name ''globetail'' was created (see gallery). There are bright yellow markings on head and tho ...

'' and '' Exallandra'' placed within which obviously complicates matters. A more complete review is needed before any major taxonomic changes can occur i.e. splitting the genus up or incorporating related genera, though the former subgenus '' Fazia'' was elevated to genus in 2020.Ximo Mengual, Gunilla Ståhls & Jeffrey H. Skevington (2021) Life on an island: the phylogenetic placement of ''Loveridgeana'' and Afrotropical ''Sphaerophoria'' (Diptera: Syrphidae) inferred from molecular characters, Systematics and Biodiversity, 19:1, 22-53, DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2020.1795743

List of species by subgenus or species group

Subgenus '' Allograpta'' Osten Sacken, 1875 ''Allograpta obliqua'' species group (

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) *'' A. borbonica'' Kassebeer, 2000 *'' A. calopoides'' ( Curran, 1938) *'' A. calopus'' ( Loew, 1858) *'' A. fuscotibialis'' ( Macquart, 1842) *'' A. hypoxantha'' ( Bezzi, 1923) *'' A. nasuta'' ( Macquart, 1842) *'' A. nigra'' (Keiser, 1971) *'' A. nummularia'' ( Bezzi, 1920) *'' A. phaeoptera'' ( Bezzi, 1920) *'' A. rediviva'' ( Bezzi, 1915) *'' A. rufifacies'' (Keiser, 1971) *'' A. tenella'' (Keiser, 1971) *'' A. varipes'' ( Curran, 1927) (

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) *'' A. dravida'' Ghorpade, 1994 *'' A. javana'' ( Wiedemann, 1824) *'' A. kinabalensis'' ( Curran, 1931) *'' A. maculipleura'' ( Brunetti, 1913) *'' A. maritima'' Mutin, 1986 *'' A. medanensis'' ( Meijere, 1914) *'' A. obscuricornis'' Meijere, 1914 *'' A. philippina''

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, 1946 *'' A. purpureicollis'' (

, 1946) *'' A. robinsoni'' ( Curran, 1928) (

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) *'' A. amphoterum'' ( Bezzi, 1928) *'' A. atkinsoni'' (Miller, 1921) *'' A. australensis'' ( Schiner, 1868) *'' A. buruensis'' Meijere, 1929 *'' A. citronella'' (Shiraki, 1963) *'' A. distincta'' ( Kertész, 1899) *'' A. flavofaciens'' (Miller, 1921) *'' A. hirsutifera'' (Hull, 1949) *'' A. hudsoni'' (Miller, 1921) *'' A. longulus'' (Shiraki, 1963) *'' A. neofasciata'' Thompson, 1989 *'' A. pallida'' (

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, 1884) *'' A. pseudoropalus'' (Miller, 1921) *'' A. ropalus'' (

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, 1849) *'' A. septemvittata'' (Shiraki, 1963) (

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) *'' A. aeruginosifrons'' ( Schiner, 1868) *'' A. annulipes'' ( Macquart, 1850) *'' A. aperta'' Fluke, 1942 *'' A. bilineella'' Enderlein, 1938 *'' A. browni'' Fluke, 1942 *'' A. exotica'' ( Wiedemann, ) /small> *'' A. falcata'' Fluke, 1942 *'' A. hastata'' Fluke, 1942 *'' A. hortensis'' (Pjilippi, 1865) *'' A. insularis'' Thompson, 1981 *'' A. limbata'' (

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, 1805) *'' A. neotropica'' Curran, 1936 *'' A. nigripilosa'' (Hull, 1944) *'' A. obliqua'' ( Say, 1823) *'' A. obscuricornis'' ( Meijere, 1914) *'' A. philippina'' (

, 1946) *'' A. piurana'' Shannon, 1927 *'' A. pulchra'' Shannon, 1927 *'' A. radiata''

, 1857 *'' A. robinsoniana'' Enderlein, 1938 *'' A. splendens'' (

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, 1869) *'' A. tectiforma'' Fluke, 1942 *'' A. teligera'' Fluke, 1942 *'' A. trilimbata''

, 1889 ''Allograpta alamacula'' species group *'' A. alamacula'' Carver, 2003 ''Allograpta ventralis'' species group *'' A. dorsalis'' (Miller, 1924) *'' A. ventralis'' (Miller, 1921) Subgenus '' Antillus'' Vockeroth, 1969 *'' A. ascita'' (Vockeroth, 1969) Subgenus '' Claraplumula'' Shannon, 1927 *'' A. latifacies'' (Shannon, 1927) Subgenus '' Rhinoprosopa'' Hull, 1942 *'' A. aenea'' (Hull, 1937) *'' A. flavophylla'' (Hull, 1943) *'' A. lucifera'' (Hull, 1943) *'' A. neonasuta'' Thompson, *'' A. sycorax'' (Hull, 1947) Subgenus '' Tiquicia'' Thompson, 2012 *'' A. zumbadoi'' Thompson, 2000 *'' A. nishida'' Mengual & Thompson, 2009 unranked *'' A. neosplendens'' Thompson, in litt.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2749164 Syrphini Hoverfly genera Diptera of North America Diptera of South America Diptera of Asia Diptera of Australasia Diptera of Africa Taxa named by Carl Robert Osten-Sacken