Pelecinobaccha brevipennis species group

Pelecinobaccha brevipennis species group (type species Baccha brevipennis Schiner, 1868).

Included species. P. aster (Curran, 1941), P. brevipennis (Schiner, 1868), P. cyclops (Hull, 1947b), P. gracilitas Miranda sp. nov., P. invisibilis Miranda sp. nov., P. levissima (Austen, 1893), P. portachueloi Miranda sp. nov., P. vera (Hull, 1943a), P. vesca Miranda sp. nov.

Diagnosis/comments. Members of this species group resemble species of the Ocyptamus stenogaster species group (Miranda 2011; Thompson 1981) in having very long and narrow 2nd and 3rd abdominal segments, having similar markings on the abdominal tergites and (usually) lacking an alula. Species of the P. brevipennis group have very different male genitalia from the O. stenogaster group, and their modified female genitalia are typical of Pelecinobaccha species.