Hypocritanus

Hypocritanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Syrphinae
Tribe:	Syrphini
Genus:	Hypocritanus ; Miranda, 2020
Type species
	Baccha fascipennis ; Wiedemann, 1830

Last updated October 06, 2025

Hypocritanus is a genus of hoverfly found in the Neotropical region.

Species

Hypocritanus fascipennis (Wiedemann, 1830)^[2]
Hypocritanus lemur (Osten Sacken, 1877)^[3]

References

↑ 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 .
1 2 Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm (1830). Aussereuropäische zweiflügelige Insekten. Als Fortsetzung des Meigenschen Werks. Hamm: Zweiter Theil. Schulz. pp. xii + 684 pp., 5 pls.
↑ Osten Sacken, C.R. (1877). "Western Diptera: Descriptions of new genera and species of Diptera from the region west of the Mississippi and especially from California". Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. 3 (189–354). doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.57939 .

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[Miranda2020-1] 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 .

[Wiedemann1830-2] 1 2 Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm (1830). Aussereuropäische zweiflügelige Insekten. Als Fortsetzung des Meigenschen Werks. Hamm: Zweiter Theil. Schulz. pp. xii + 684 pp., 5 pls.

[OstenSacken1877-3] Osten Sacken, C.R. (1877). "Western Diptera: Descriptions of new genera and species of Diptera from the region west of the Mississippi and especially from California". Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. 3 (189–354). doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.57939 .

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