Allograpta
Genus of flies
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Allograpta is a very large and diverse genus of hoverflies present throughout the world except most of the palearctic region. The adults are brightly coloured flower pollinators and most larvae have a predatory feeding mode involving soft-bodied sternorrhynchans. Certain species have diverged from this and their larvae have been found to be leaf-miners, stem-borers or pollen-feeders.[3]
| Allograpta | |
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| Allograpta obliqua male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Syrphinae |
| Tribe: | Syrphini |
| Genus: | Allograpta Osten Sacken, 1875[1] |
| Type species | |
| Scaeva obliqua Say, 1823 | |
| Synonyms | |
Allograpta is currently being studied using both molecular and morphological methods to produce a robust phylogeny of the genus and its related genera. Preliminary studies show the genus to be monophyletic but with the genera Sphaerophoria and Exallandra placed within which complicates matters. A 2009 review concluded that a more complete review is needed before major taxonomic changes could occur i.e. splitting the genus up or incorporating related genera,[1][4] and the former subgenera were later elevated to genera in 2012.[5]
List of species by species group
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Allograpta (s.s.)Osten Sacken, 1875 Allograpta obliqua species group
(Oriental & Palearctic)
(Australasia & Oceania)
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(Nearctic & Neotropical)
Allograpta alamacula species group
Allograpta ventralis species group
unranked
Former subgenera: Genus Antillus Vockeroth, 1969
Genus Claraplumula Shannon, 1927
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Genus Rhinoprosopa Hull, 1942
Genus Tiquicia Thompson, 2012
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