Biology:Ocyptamus parvicornis

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Short description: Species of fly

Ocyptamus parvicornis
Victoriana parvicornis Santos.jpg
Scarlet hover fly, Florida
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Ocyptamus
Species:
O. parvicornis
Binomial name
Ocyptamus parvicornis
(Loew, 1861)
Synonyms[1]
  • Baccha parvicornis Loew, 1861

Ocyptamus parvicornis, the scarlet hover fly, is a species in the family Syrphidae.[1][2][3]

It was proposed in 2020 that this species be moved to a new genus, Victoriana, and it is now sometimes referred to as Victoriana parvicornis.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q14333554 entry