Ocyptamus

Ocyptamus
Ocyptamus cf. fuscipennis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Syrphinae
Tribe: Syrphini
Genus: Ocyptamus
(Macquart, 1834)

Ocyptamus is a large and diverse genus of over 300 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. Also there is some evidence 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.[5]

Species

Subgenus: Ocyptamus Macquart, 1834

Subgenus: Pseudoscaeva Vockeroth, 1969[Note 1]

Subgenus: Hermesomyia Vockeroth, 1969

Subgenus: Orphnabaccha Hull, 1949[Note 2]

Subgenus: Pipunculosyrphus Hull, 1937

Subgenus: Mimocalla Hull, 1943

Subgenus: Styxia Hull, 1943

Subgenus: Calostigma Shannon, 1927

Subgenus: Hybobathus Enderlein, 1937[Note 3]

Subgenus: Atylobaccha Hull, 1949

Subgenus: Pelecinobaccha Shannon, 1927[Note 4]

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Notes

  1. Now considered a full genus separate from Ocyptamus
  2. Now considered a full genus separate from Ocyptamus
  3. Now considered a full genus separate from Ocyptamus
  4. Now considered a full genus separate from Ocyptamus

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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: 543–562. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00200.x. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
  3. 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. Retrieved 2012-01-116. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  4. 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. Retrieved 16 Jan 2012.
  5. 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. Retrieved 2014-08-19.

External links

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