Orphnabaccha

Orphnabaccha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Tribe:	Syrphini
Genus:	Orphnabaccha ; Vockeroth, 1969

Last updated February 06, 2026

Orphnabaccha is a genus of hoverflies in the Neotropical region, formerly included in the genus Ocyptamus , which was split after researchers determined it was not monophyletic.^[1]^[2]

Species

THe following species are recognised in the genus Orphnabaccha:

O. aequilineata (Hull, 1945)
O. agilis (Bigot, 1884)
O. ampla (Fluke, 1942)
O. calda (Walker, 1852)
O. cerberus (Hull, 1943)
O. coerulea (Williston, 1891)
O. decipiens (Williston, 1891)
O. delimbata (Enderlein, 1948)
O. diversa (Williston, 1891)
O. dolorosa (Hull, 1950)
O. elegans (Giglio-Tos, 1892)
O. erratica (Williston, 1888)
O. flavigaster (Hull, 1944)
O. fraterna (Bigot, 1884)
O. fuscicosta (Lynch Arribalzaga, 1891)
O. golbachi (Fluke, 1950)
O. jactator (Loew, 1861)
O. lanei (Fluke, 1950)
O. laticauda (Curran, 1941)
O. lativentris (Curran, 1941)
O. lauta (Giglio-Tos, 1892)
O. limba (Enderlein, 1938)
O. nodosa (Hull, 1930)
O. opaca (Fluke, 1950)
O. priscilla (Hull, 1943)
O. pteronis (Fluke, 1942)
O. superba (Thompson, 1981)
O. trabis (Fluke, 1942)
O. tribinicincta (Enderlein, 1938)
O. virga (Fluke, 1942)
O. volcana (Fluke, 1942)

References

↑ 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.

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[Menguala-1] 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.

[2] 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.

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