Biology: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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| Allograpta piurana Shannon, 1927
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Allograpta piurana" (in en). iNaturalist. https://inaturalist.ca/taxa/882947-Allograpta-piurana.
- ↑ "Allograpta piurana Shannon, 1927". GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1541111.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15670141#page/273/mode/1up. 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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q14513172 entry
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