Allograpta piurana is a species of hoverfly.[1][2]
Allograpta piurana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Genus: | Allograpta |
Species: | A. piurana
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Binomial name | |
Allograpta piurana Shannon, 1927
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Synonyms | |
Description
editThis 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
editThis species has been recorded in Chile and Peru.[1]
Habitat
editInland valleys to highland ecosystems.[5]
Biology
editBarahona-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
editShannon (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
editShannon (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
edit- ^ a b "Allograpta piurana". iNaturalist.ca. iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
- ^ "Allograpta piurana Shannon, 1927". www.gbif.org. GBIF. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.