Ocyptamus fuscipennis

Ocyptamus fuscipennis is a species of syrphid fly in the family Syrphidae.[1][2][3] This fly can be found throughout North America, as well as in Cuba. [3] In Puerto Rico, this species in its larval stage is an predator of autumn cohorts of Toxoptera citricida.[4] [5] Adult flies are known to visit Xyris tennesseensis flowers.[6]

Ocyptamus fuscipennis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Ocyptamus
Species:
O. fuscipennis
Binomial name
Ocyptamus fuscipennis
(Macquart, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Baccha fenestratus Hull, 1949
  • Baccha fiscipennis Say, 1823
  • Baccha lugens Loew, 1863
  • Ocyptamus fascipennis Macquart, 1834
  • Ocyptamus longiventris Loew, 1866
  • Syrphus amissas Walker, 1849
  • Syrphus peas Walker, 1849
  • Syrphus radaca Walker, 1849

References

  1. "Ocyptamus fuscipennis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Ocyptamus fuscipennis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. Michaud, J.P. (1999). "Sources of mortality in colonies of brown citrus aphid, Toxoptera citricida". BioControl. 44 (3): 347โ€“367. doi:10.1023/A:1009955816396.
  4. Boyd, Robert S.; Teem, Allison; Wall, Michael A. (September 2011). "Floral Biology of an Alabama Population of the Federally Endangered Plant, Xyris tennesseensis Kral (Xyridaceae)". Castanea. 76 (3): 255โ€“265. doi:10.2179/11-006.1.
  5. Moffett, James Mincy; Boyd, Robert S. (September 2013). "Management of a Population of the Federally Endangered Xyris tennesseensis (Tennessee Yellow-Eyed Grass)". Castanea. 78 (3): 198โ€“212. doi:10.2179/12-034.
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