Ocyptamus is a large and diverse genus of over 200 species of hoverfly mostly found in the Neotropical region.[1][2] It is likely that many of these species will be discovered to be synonyms though many others await description.
| Ocyptamus | |
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| Ocyptamus cf. fuscipennis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Tribe: | Syrphini |
| Genus: | Ocyptamus Macquart, 1834 |
Classification edit
There is evidence that the genus is not monophyletic[3][4] and is paraphyletic with regard to Eosalpingogaster and Toxomerus, and some subgenera have been given full generic status (Hybobathus, Pelecinobaccha, Orphnabaccha, and Pseudoscaeva).[5]
Selected Species edit
Subgenus: Ocyptamus Macquart, 1834
- O. antiphates (Walker, 1849)
- O. calla (Curran, 1941)
- O. cylindricus (Fabricius, 1781)
- O. dimidiatus (Fabricius, 1781)
- O. fasciatus Roeder, 1885
- O. funebris Macquart, 1834
- O. fuscipennis (Say, 1823)
- O. gastrostactus (Wiedemann, 1830)
- O. icarus Reemer, 2010
- O. inca (Curran, 1939)
- O. infuscatus Bigot, 1884
- O. iris (Austen, 1893)
- O. medina (Telford, 1973)
- O. papilionarius (Hull, 1943)
- O. princeps (Hull, 1944)
- O. stolo (Walker, 1852)
- O. tarsalis (Walker, 1836)
Subgenus: Hermesomyia Vockeroth, 1969
- O. wulpianus (Lynch Arribalzaga, 1891)
Subgenus: Pipunculosyrphus Hull, 1937
- O. globiceps (Hull, 1937)
- O. scintillans (Hull, 1943)
- O. tiarella (Hull, 1944)
Subgenus: Mimocalla Hull, 1943
- O. bonariensis (Brethes, 1905)
- O. capitatus (Loew, 1863)
- O. conjunctus (Wiedemann, 1830)
- O. erebus (Hull, 1943)
- O. flata (Hull, 11940)
- O. giganteus (Schiner, 1868)
- O. nymphaea (Hull, 1943)
- O. sargoides (Macquart, 1850)
- O. tristani Zumbado, 2000
- O. willistoni Thompson, 1976
Subgenus: Styxia Hull, 1943
Subgenus: Calostigma Shannon, 1927
- O. coreopsis (Hull, 1944)
- O. elnora (Shannon, 1927)
- O. exiguus (Williston, 1888)
- O. ornatipes (Curran, 1927)
- O. striatus (Walker, 1852)
Subgenus: Atylobaccha Hull, 1949
- O. flukiella (Curran, 1941)
Proposed Genera edit
In 2020, five new genera were proposed for "orphaned" lineages within Ocyptamus, containing these species. The new genera are sometimes used for these species.[6]
Genus Fragosa
- argentina (Curran, 1939)
- aurora (Hull, 1943)
- deceptor (Curran, 1930)
- filiola (Shannon, 1927)
- filissima (Hull, 1943)
- harlequina (Hull, 1948)
- hyacinthia (Hull, 1947)
- macer (Curran, 1930)
- mara (Curran, 1941)
- oenone (Hull, 1949)
- provocans (Curran, 1939)
- rugosifrons (Schiner, 1868)
- stenogaster (Williston, 1888)
- tenuis (Walker, 1852)
- titania (Hull, 1943)
- virgilio (Hull, 1942)
- zephyrea (Hull, 1947b)
Genus Hypocritanus
- fascipennis (Wiedemann, 1830)
- lemur (Osten Sacken, 1877)
Genus Maiana
Genus Nuntianus
- abata (Curran, 1938)
- aeolus (Hull, 1943)
- anona (Hull, 1943)
- arabella (Hull, 1947)
- banksi (Hull, 1941)
- cecrops (Hull, 1958)
- chapadensis (Curran, 1930)
- confusus (Goot, 1964)
- crocatus (Austen, 1893)
- croceus (Austen, 1893)
- cubanus (Hull, 1943)
- cultratus (Austen, 1893)
- cymbellina (Hull, 1944)
- debasa (Curran, 1941)
- delicatissimus (Hull, 1943)
- dryope (Hull, 1958)
- fervidus (Austen, 1893)
- filii (Doesburg, 1966)
- flavens (Austen, 1893)
- geijskesi (Doesburg, 1966)
- gilvus (Austen, 1893)
- halcyone (Hull, 1949)
- hippolite (Hull, 1957)
- hyalipennis (Curran, 1930)
- inornatus (Walker, 1836)
- io (Hull, 1944)
- iona (Curran, 1941)
- lepidus (Macquart, 1842)
- lucretia (Hull, 1949)
- luctuosus (Bigot, 1884)
- micropyga (Curran, 1941)
- minimus (Hull, 1943)
- murinus (Curran, 1930)
- myiophagus (Thompson, 2018)
- neoparvicornis (Telford, 1973)
- neptunus (Hull, 1943)
- neuralis (Curran, 1934)
- niobe (Hull, 1943)
- nora (Curran, 1941)
- obliquus (Curran, 1941)
- octomaculatus (Thompson, 1976)
- oriel (Hull, 1942)
- panamensis (Curran, 1930)
- peri (Hull, 1943)
- philippianus (Enderlein, 1938)
- prenes (Curran, 1930)
- prudens (Curran, 1934)
- pullus (Sack, 1921)
- punctifrons (Williston, 1891)
- pyxia (Hull, 1943)
- saffrona (Hull, 1943)
- spatulatus (Giglio-Tos, 1892)
- vanessa (Hull, 1949)
- variegatus (Macquart, 1842)
- verona (Curran, 1941)
- victoria (Hull, 1941)
- vierecki (Curran, 1930)
- xanthopterus (Wiedemann, 1830)
- xantippe (Hull, 1949)
- zenillia (Curran, 1941)
- zita (Curran, 1941)
- zobeide (Hull, 1943)
- zoroaster (Hull, 1943)
Genus Victoriana
- attenuata (Williston, 1891)
- duida (Hull, 1947)
- ferruginea (Thompson, 1981)
- laudabilis (Williston, 1891)
- lugubris (Philippi, 1865)
- melanorrhina (Philippi, 1865)
- mentor (Curran, 1930)
- oblonga (Walker, 1852)
- parvicornis (Loew, 1861)
- sagittifera (Austen, 1893)
- sativa (Curran, 1941)
- selene (Hull, 1949)
- zilla (Hull, 1943)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Reemer, M. (2010). "A second survey of Surinam Syrphidae (Diptera):introduction and Syrphinae" (PDF). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 153 (2): 163–196. doi:10.1163/22119434-900000295. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-15. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
- ^ Ximo Mengual; Gunilla Ståhls; Santos Rojo (2008). "First phylogeny of predatory flower flies (Diptera, Syrphidae, Syrphinae) using mitochondrial COI and nuclear 28S rRNA genes: conflict and congruence with the current tribal classification" (PDF). Cladistics. 24 (4): 543–562. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00200.x. hdl:10045/12249. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-09. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
- ^ Mengual, Ximo (2012). "Is the mega-diverse genus Ocyptamus (Diptera, Syrphidae) monophyletic? Evidence from molecular characters including the secondary structure of 28S rRNA". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62 (1): 191–205. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.014. PMID 21985963.
- ^ Gonçalves Miranda, Gil Felipe (2011). An overview of the genus Ocyptamus Macquart, 1834, with a revision of the Ocyptamus tristis species group (Doctor of Philosophy thesis). University of Guelph. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 16 Jan 2012.
- ^ Miranda, G.F.G; Young, A.D.; Locke, M.M.; Marshall, S.A.; Skevington, J.H.; Thompson, F.C. (2013). "Key to the Genera of Nearctic Syrphidae". Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 23. doi:10.3752/cjai.2013.23.
- ^ Miranda, Gil Felipe Gonçalves; Skevington, Jeffrey H; Marshall, Stephen A. (2020). "New generic concepts for orphaned lineages formerly treated as part of the genus Ocyptamus Macquart, 1834 (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Zootaxa. 4822 (2). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4822.2.1.
External links edit
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