Ceratophya

Ceratophya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Infraorder: Muscomorpha
Section: Aschiza
Superfamily: Syrphoidea
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Ceratophya
Wiedemann, 1824
Type species
Ceratophya notata
Wiedemann, 1824
Synonyms

Ceratophya is a genus of hoverflies, with five known species. They are distinct from Microdon by the presence of an appendix on vein R4+5.[1] Many species have erroneously been placed in this genus. Some authors place Ceratophya as a subgenus of Microdon.

Biology

Larvae feed as scavengers in the nests of ants.

Distribution

Distribution is Neotropical.

Species

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References

  1. Cheng, Xin-Yue; Thompson, F. Christian (2008). "A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Zootaxa. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1879: 21–48. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
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