Allograpta limbata
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Syrphidae
- Genus: Allograpta
- Species: Allograpta limbata
Visual Description
Allograpta limbata exhibits the characteristic slender, hoverfly-like body form typical of the genus Allograpta. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset indicate that the species possesses a distinct, patterned abdomen, often featuring yellow and black markings.[1] The head is dominated by large, prominent compound eyes, and the wings are typically clear and held flat over the abdomen when at rest.[1]
Taxonomy and Identification
Allograpta limbata (Fabricius, 1805) was originally described as Scaeva limbata.[2][3] The species Allograpta fuscisquama Curran (1927) is considered a synonym of A. limbata.
Within the genus Allograpta, A. limbata can be distinguished from A. venusta by the color of the squamae and the pilosity of the male front; A. limbata has mostly brown squamae and a black pilose front in the male, whereas A. venusta typically exhibits yellowish squamae and a mostly yellow pilose front.
Ecology and Distribution
Allograpta limbata is considered a fairly common species in Puerto Rico, with records from various localities including Corozal, El Verde, Aguas Buenas, Caja de Muertos Island, Isabela, Río Piedras, Barranquitas, Mayagüez, El Yunque, and Cayey. As with other members of the genus Allograpta, the larvae are believed to be aphidophagous.
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References
- 1 2 3 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Syrphidae / Allograpta / limbata constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ H. S. Telford. The Syrphidae of Puerto Rico. The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico. 1973. https://doi.org/10.46429/jaupr.v57i3.10746.
- ↑ Allograpta limbata (Fabricius, 1805). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1540905. Accessed 2026-07-16.