Asiobaccha bicolor
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Syrphidae
- Genus: Asiobaccha
- Species: Asiobaccha bicolor
Visual Description
Asiobaccha bicolor is a slender, wasp-like hoverfly. Its body is distinctly petiolate, characterized by a robust thorax and an abdomen that features a thin, stalk-like base (petiole) which expands into a broader, club-shaped terminal section. The overall coloration is a warm, brownish-orange or amber tone, particularly on the head, thorax, and the basal portion of the abdomen, while the terminal, club-shaped part of the abdomen is significantly darker, appearing black or dark brown. The head is dominated by large, prominent compound eyes that meet or nearly meet at the top (holoptic condition). The wings are long, clear, and membranous, with a venation pattern typical of Syrphidae, and are held extended laterally from the body. The legs are slender and match the lighter, yellowish-brown color of the thorax.[1]
Classification and History
Asiobaccha bicolor was originally described by Austen in 1893 as Baccha bicolor.[2] It has since been reclassified into the genus Asiobaccha.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Syrphidae / Asiobaccha / bicolor constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asiobaccha bicolor (Austen, 1893). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/10851537. Accessed 2026-07-16.
- ↑ Asiobaccha bicolor, comb. nov. - Plazi TreatmentBank. Plazi TreatmentBank. http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/xhtml/B23987DCFF8AFFCE5E3DD587FC4FFDAA. Accessed 2026-07-14.