Allobaccha

Allobaccha is a genus of hoverfly with a large number of species. It was originally created as a subgenus of Baccha. Many species have an elongated wasp like abdomen and adults as well as larvae are predators of soft-bodied Hemiptera.

Allobaccha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Tribe:	Syrphini
Genus:	Allobaccha Curran, 1928
Type species
Baccha rubella Van der Wulp, 1898[1]

Species

Species in the genus include:

• A. atra (Van Doesburg, 1959)
• A. basalis (Walker, 1861)
• A. bequaerti (Curran, 1929)^[2]
• A. denhoedi (Van Doesburg, 1959)
• A. flavipes (Van Doesburg, 1959)
• A. fumosa Dirickx, 2010^[3]
• A. inversa (Curran, 1929)^[2]
• A. liberia (Curran, 1929)^[2]
• A. loriae (De Meijere, 1908)
• A. macgregori (Curran, 1929)^[4]
• A. madecassa Dirickx, 2010^[3]
• A. mundula (Van der Wulp, 1898)^[1]
• A. nigroscutata (Enderlein, 1938)^[3]
• A. nitidithorax (Curran, 1929)^[2]
• A. obscura Dirickx, 2010^[3]
• A. purpuricola (Walker, 1859)
• A. rubella (Van der Wulp, 1898)^[1]
• A. sapphirina (Wiedemann, 1830)
• A. similis Dirickx, 2010^[3]
• A. subflava Dirickx, 2010^[3]
• A. pallida (De Meijere, 1908)

Allobaccha picta (Wiedemann, 1830) is a synonym of Copestylum pictum (Wiedemann, 1830).