Pseudomicrodon

Pseudomicrodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Pseudomicrodon
Hull, 1937[1]
Type species
Microdon beebei
Curran, 1936

Pseudomicrodon is a genus of hoverflies, with 13 known species. All are species with petiolate abdomens.[2]

Biology

Larvae feed as scavengers in the nest of the ants.

Distribution

They are native to the New World tropics.[2]

Species

Pseudomicrodon beebei (Curran, 1936)

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References

  1. Hull, Frank. M (1937). "New Species of Exotic Syrphid Flies" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Psyche. Cambridge, Mass: Cambridge Entomological Club. 44 (1-2): 12–32. doi:10.1155/1937/46960. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
  2. 1 2 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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