Spheginobaccha

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title: "Spheginobaccha" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hoverfly-genera", "microdontinae", "diptera-of-africa", "diptera-of-asia"] description: "Genus of flies" topic_path: "general/hoverfly-genera" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spheginobaccha" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of flies ::

| image = | image_caption = | display_parents = 2 | parent_authority = Thompson, 1972 | taxon = Spheginobaccha | authority = Meijere, 1908 | type_species = Sphegina macropoda | type_species_authority = Bigot, 1883 | synonyms = *Dexiosyrphus Hull, 1944

Spheginobaccha is a genus of hoverflies, with 15 known species. The genus is readily separated from other microdons by the incomplete metathoracic bridge, round/oval basoflagellomere, occiput with a dorsolateral crease, and other characters. It is the only genus in the tribe Spheginobacchini.

Biology

Larvae are found in ant nests.

Distribution

They are native to Africa (five species) and Asia (eight species).

Species

The macropoda group (Asia):

• Spheginobaccha aethusa (Walker, 1849)
• Spheginobaccha chillcotti Thompson, 1974
• Spheginobaccha demeijerei van Doesburg, 1968
• Spheginobaccha duplex (Walker, 1857)
• Spheginobaccha humeralis (Sack, 1926)
• Spheginobaccha knutsoni Thompson, 1974
• Spheginobaccha lieftincki Doesburg, 1968
• Spheginobaccha macropoda (Bigot, 1883)
• Spheginobaccha melancholia Hull, 1937
• Spheginobaccha vandoesburgi Thompson, 1974

The rotundiceps group (South Africa):

• Spheginobaccha dexioides Hull, 1944
• Spheginobaccha dubia Thompson, 1974
• Spheginobaccha pamela Thompson & Hauser, 2015
• Spheginobaccha rotundiceps (Loew, 1857)
• Spheginobaccha stuckenbergi Thompson & Hauser, 2015

The perialla group (Malawi):

• Spheginobaccha perialla Thompson, 1974

The ruginosa group (Madagascar):

• Spheginobaccha ruginosa Dirickx, 1995

References

References

1. (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". [[ZooKeys]].
2. Cheng, Xin-Yue. (2008). "A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China". Zootaxa.
3. "Spheginobacchini Thompson, 1972".
4. (1974). "The genus Spheginobaccha de Meijere (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society.
5. (2015). "In Honor of Brian Stuckenberg: Two New Spheginobaccha Species of Flower Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Afrotropics". African Invertebrates.
6. (1995). "Le Genre Spheginobaccha de Meijere à Madagascar (Diptera: Syrphidae)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France.

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