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
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