Mengual, Ximo;Miranda, Gil Felipe G.;Thompson, F. Christian
Ocyptamus
Sign in to saveOcyptamus is a large and diverse genus of over 200 species of hoverfly mostly found in the Neotropical region. It is likely that many of these species will be discovered to be synonyms though many others await description.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 379
- With media
- 28
- Family
- Syrphidae
- Collections
- IBUNAM
- Recorded in
- Mexico
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Classification
- Selected Species
- Proposed Genera
- See also
- References
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Ocyptamus is a large and diverse genus of over 200 species of hoverfly mostly found in the Neotropical region. It is likely that many of these species will be discovered to be synonyms though many others await description.
==Classification== There is evidence that the genus is not monophyletic and is paraphyletic with regard to Eosalpingogaster and Toxomerus, and some subgenera have been given full generic status (Hybobathus, Pelecinobaccha, Orphnabaccha, and Pseudoscaeva).
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