Allograpta, Osten Sacken

Thompson, Christian, 2008, A conspectus of New Zealand flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of a new genus and species, Zootaxa 1716, pp. 1-20 : 7-8

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6227529

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scientific name

Allograpta
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GENUS ALLOGRAPTA Osten Sacken View in CoL View at ENA

ALLOGRAPTA Osten Sacken 1875: 49 View in CoL . Type-species: Scaeva obliqua Say, 1823 View in CoL , monotypic.

Allograpta View in CoL is "beyond doubt the most varied in the tribe Syrphini," but "despite the great variation in many characters, the male terminalia are very distinctive and separate the genus sharply from all others (with one exception discussed below)"( Vockeroth 1969: 127-128). The one exception was Rhinoprosopa Hull View in CoL , which later was included in Allograpta View in CoL ( Vockeroth 1973; Thompson, et al., 1976: 33). The essential characters of Allograpta View in CoL are (as given by Vockeroth (1969: 128)) "the flattened expanded apicolateral processes of sternite 9, the distinctive mode of attachment, position, shape, and direction of the superior lobes, and particularly the simple, rounded, heavily sclerotized and spiculate aedeagal base". The New Zealand species have these essential genitalic characters, but are rather diverse in their color patterns and body form. About two dozen new species are known and await description. Bowie (2001) provides information on the biology of Allograpta ventralis View in CoL .

atkinsoni Miller, 1921: 311 (Platycheirus) View in CoL .

dorsalis Miller, 1924: 284 (Ocyptamus) View in CoL .

doralis Miller, 1924: 284 (incorrect original spelling).

The original spelling of the epithet was doralis, without the "s." However, as Miller (1950: 96) used dorsalis , I have continued to use his corrected spelling following the wisdom of Art. 33.3.1 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (1999).

flavofaciens Miller, 1921: 302 (Syrphus) View in CoL .

hirsutifera Hull, 1949b: 727 (Epistrophe) View in CoL .

hudsoni Miller, 1921: 302 (Syrphus) View in CoL .

pseudoropala Miller, 1921: 293 ( Paragus pseudoropalus View in CoL ). ropala Walker, 1849: 593 ( Syrphus ropala ).

ventralis Miller, 1921: 296 (Sphaerophoria) View in CoL .

Bowie, M. H. (2001) Ecology and morphology of Allograpta ventralis (Diptera: Syrphidae) a predator of the cabbage tree mealybug Balanococcus cordylinidis (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae). New Zealand Natural Sciences, 26, 1 - 11. [2001. ??. ??]

Hull, F. M. (1949 b: Studies upon Diptera in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (12) 2: 727 - 746. [1949.11.04]

Miller, D. W. (1921) Material for a monograph on the Diptera fauna of New Zealand. Part II, Family Syrphidae. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 53, 289 - 333. [1921.08.08]

Miller, D. W. (1924) Material for a monograph on the Diptera fauna of New Zealand. Part 2, Family Syrphidae: Supplement A. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 55, 281 - 284. [1924.06.18]

Miller, D. W. (1950) Catalogue of the Diptera of the New Zealand Sub-region. Bulletin of the Department of Science, Industrial Research, New Zealand, 100, 194 pp. [1950. ??. ??]

Osten Sacken, C. R. (1875) A list of the North American Syrphidae. Bulletin. Buffalo of the Society of Natural Sciences, 3, 38 - 71. [1875.11. ??]

Thompson, F. C., Vockeroth, J. R. & Sedman, Y. S. (1976) Family Syrphidae. A catalogue of the Diptera of the Americas south of the United States, Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de Sao Paulo, 46, 195 pp.; Sao Paulo. [1976.07.09]

Vockeroth, J. R. (1969) A revision of the genera of the Syrphini (Diptera: Syrphidae). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 62, 176 p. [1969.07.15]

Vockeroth, J. R. (1973) Three additional synonyms of Allograpta (Diptera: Syrphidae). Canadian Entomologist, 105, 1101 - 1104. [1993.08. ??]

Walker, F. (1849) List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Parts II-IV. British Museum, London. Pp. [3] + 231 - 484 [= Part II] [1849.04.21]; [3] + 485 - 687 [= Part III] [1849.06.30]; [3] + 688 - 1172 + [2] [= Part IV] [1849.12.08].

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Syrphidae

SubFamily

Syrphinae