Allograpta piurana
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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Allograpta piurana is a species of hoverfly.[1][2]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]This species has been recorded in Chile and Peru.[1]
Habitat
[edit]Inland valleys to highland ecosystems.[5]
Biology
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[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.
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