Spheginobaccha
# Spheginobaccha

Spheginobaccha is a genus of hoverflies, with 15 known species. The genus is readily separated from other microdons by the incomplete metathoracic bridge, round/oval basoflagellomere, occiput with a dorsolateral crease, and other characters.

## Biology

Larvae are found in ant nests.

## Distribution

They are native to Africa (five species) and Asia (eight species).

## Species

The macropoda group (Asia):

* S. aethusa (Walker, 1849)
* S. chillcotti Thompson, 1974
* S. demeijerei van Doesburg, 1968
* S. duplex (Walker, 1857)
* S. humeralis (Sack, 1926)
* S. knutsoni Thompson, 1974
* S. lieftincki Doesburg, 1968
* S. macropoda (Bigot, 1883)
* S. melancholia Hull, 1937
* S. vandoesburgi Thompson, 1974

The rotundiceps group (South Africa):

* S. dexioides Hull, 1944
* S. dubia Thompson, 1974
* S. pamela Thompson & Hauser, 2015
* S. rotundiceps (Loew, 1857)
* S. stuckenbergi Thompson & Hauser, 2015

The perialla group (Malawi):

* S. perialla Thompson, 1974

The ruginosa group (Madagascar):

* S. ruginosa Dirickx, 1995
