Baccha
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Syrphidae
- Genus: Baccha
Visual Description
Members of the genus Baccha are characterized by a slender, often spatulate abdomen.[2] Observations of specimens in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset confirm this elongated, slender body form, which is typical for the genus.[1]
Ecology and Economic Importance
Baccha species are primarily aphidophagous, though some are known to be predaceous upon coccids.[2] As aphidophagous predators, they are considered beneficial for their role in suppressing aphid outbreaks, as they are capable of ranging over extensive areas to select favorable oviposition sites.[2]
Taxonomic Notes
The genus is well-represented in various regions, such as Puerto Rico, where diagnostic keys for species identification often utilize morphological characters including the presence of a facial tubercle, wing markings, abdominal shape, and the presence of an anterior mesonotal collar of hairs.[2]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Syrphidae / Baccha constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 3 4 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.