Ocnaea Explained

Ocnaea is a genus of small-headed flies (insects in the family Acroceridae). There are 20 described species in Ocnaea.

Species

• Ocnaea auripilosa Johnson, 1923^[1]
• Ocnaea boharti Schlinger, 1983^[2]
• Ocnaea cisnerosi James, 1950^[3]
• Ocnaea coerulea Cole, 1919^[4]
• Ocnaea falcifer Aldrich, 1928^[5]
• Ocnaea flavipes Aldrich, 1926^[6]
• Ocnaea gigas Aldrich, 1928^[5]
• Ocnaea gloriosa (Sabrosky, 1943)^[7]
• Ocnaea helluo Osten Sacken, 1877^[8]
• Ocnaea loewi Cole, 1919^[4]
• Ocnaea lugubris Gerstaecker, 1856^[9]
• Ocnaea magna (Walker, 1849)^[10]
• Ocnaea metallica (Osten Sacken, 1887)^[11]
• Ocnaea micans Erichson, 1840^[12]
• Ocnaea schwarzi Cole, 1919^[4]
• Ocnaea sequoia Sabrosky, 1948^[13]
• Ocnaea smithi Sabrosky, 1948
• Ocnaea trichocera Osten Sacken, 1887
• Ocnaea trivittata Aldrich, 1932^[14]
• Ocnaea xuthogaster Schlinger, 1961

Notes and References

1. Johnson . C.W. . New species of North American Cyrtidae . Psyche: A Journal of Entomology . 1923 . 30 . 49–51 . 22 August 2022.
2. Schlinger . E.I. . . A new spider parasitoid, Ocnaea boharti, from Arizona and New Mexico (Diptera: Acrocerdiae) . The Pan-Pacific Entomologist . 1983 . 59 . 249–253.
3. James . M.T. . The Diptera collected on the Cockerell and Hubbell expeditions to Honduras. Part I: Stratiomyidae, Tabanidae, and Acroceratidae . The Pan-Pacific Entomologist . 1950 . 26 . 86–90.
4. Cole. F. R.. 1919. The Dipterous Family Cyrtidae in North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 45. 1. 1–79. 25077002.
5. Aldrich . J.M. . New Diptera or two-winged flies from South America . Proceedings of the United States National Museum . 1928 . 74(1)[2746] . 25 . 22 August 2022.
6. Aldrich . J.M. . Descriptions of new and little known Diptera or two-winged flies . Proceedings of the United States National Museum . 1926 . 69(22)[2648] . 1–26 . 23 August 2022.
7. Sabrosky. C.W.. 1943. A new species and notes on Acroceridae (Diptera). Entomological News. 55. 176–182.
8. 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. 10.5962/bhl.title.57939.
9. Gerstaecker . A. . Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Henopier . Entomologische Zeitung Stettin . 1856 . 17 . 339–361 . 22 August 2022.
10. Book: Walker. F.. List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III. 1849. British Museum (Natural History). London. 485–687.
11. Osten Sacken . C.R. . Diptera [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana . Zoologia-Insecta-Diptera . 1887 . 1 . 161–176.
12. Book: Erichson . W.F. . Die Henopier, Eine familie aus der Ordung der Dipteren. Pp. 135-180, pl. 1, figs. 7-10. In his Entomographien Vol. 1 . 1840 . F. H. Morin . Berlin . 180 pp., 2 pls.
13. Sabrosky. C.W.. 1948. A Further Contribution to the Classification of the North American Spider Parasites of the Family Acroceratidae (Diptera). The American Midland Naturalist. 39. 2. 382–430. 10.2307/2421592. 2421592.
14. Aldrich. J. M.. New Diptera, or two-winged flies, from America, Asia, and Java, with additional notes. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 1932. 81. 1–28. 9. 31 August 2016. The United States National Museum. 10.5479/si.00963801.81-2932.1.