Asiobaccha notofasciata
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 notofasciata
Visual Description
Asiobaccha notofasciata is a hoverfly characterized by a slender, elongated body typical of the genus. Observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal a distinct abdominal pattern featuring alternating dark and light bands. The wings are generally clear and held flat over the abdomen when at rest. The head is dominated by large, holoptic eyes in males, which meet at the dorsal midline. The thorax exhibits a metallic or dark coloration, often with subtle pilosity.[1]
Taxonomy and Classification
Asiobaccha notofasciata was described by Ximo Mengual in 2016 as part of a taxonomic revision of the genus Asiobaccha.[2] The species is recognized as an accepted name within the family Syrphidae.[3]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Syrphidae / Asiobaccha / notofasciata constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Asiobaccha notofasciata Mengual, 2016. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/10892871. Accessed 2026-07-16.
- ↑ Asiobaccha notofasciata Thompson & Mengual, sp. nov. - Plazi TreatmentBank. Plazi TreatmentBank. http://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/xhtml/B23987DCFF9DFFDE5E7FD772FE23FD6C. Accessed 2026-07-14.