Allograpta piurana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Allograpta
Species:
A. piurana
Binomial name
Allograpta piurana
Shannon, 1927
Synonyms
  • Allograpta chilensis Sack, 1941
  • Allograpta harlequina Hull, 1949

Allograpta piurana is a species of hoverfly.[1][2]

Description

This species was described by Shannon (1927) based on a female specimen collected in the Department Piura in Peru.[3] It is part of the Allograpta obliqua species group.[4]

Range

This species has been recorded in Chile and Peru.[1]

Habitat

Inland valleys to highland ecosystems.[5]

Biology

Barahona-Segovia et al (2021)[5] lists the following, mainly exotic, plants visited by this species: E. pectinatus; Myoporum sp.; Rosa sp.; T. officinale; Phoenix dactylifera L.; and Veronica persica Poir.

Etymology

Shannon (1927) did not explicitly state the etymology of the specific epithet, but it seems to be derived from the Department where the type specimen was collected, Piura.[3]

Taxonomy

Shannon (1927) distinguished A. piurana from A. hortensis Philippi by a yellow spot on the metapleura (=katatergum + anatergum), dark apical margin of the scutellum, oblique pair of bands on the second tergite, and yellow markings of remaining tergites more parallel to each other.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Allograpta piurana". iNaturalist.ca. iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  2. ↑ "Allograpta piurana Shannon, 1927". www.gbif.org. GBIF. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  3. 1 2 3 Shannon, R.C. (1927). "A review of the South American two-winged flies of the family Syrphidae". Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 70 (2658): 9. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  4. ↑ Mengual, Ximo; Ruiz, Carlos; Rojo, Santos; Ståhls, Gunilla; Thompson, F. Christian (2009). "A conspectus of the flower fly genus Allograpta (Diptera: Syrphidae) with description of a new subgenus and species". Zootaxa. 2214: 15.
  5. 1 2 Barahona-Segovia, Rodrigo M.; Riera, Pamela; Paninao-Monsálvez, Laura; Guzmán, Vicente Valdés; Henríquez-Piskulich, Patricia (2021). "Updating the knowledge of the flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Chile: Illustrated catalog, extinction risk and biological notes". Zootaxa. 4959 (1): 113. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4959.1.1.


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