Paramicrodon

Paramicrodon is a genus of hoverflies, with eight known species.[1] They differ from Microdon by their short antennae and the lack of appendices on vein R4+5.[2]

Paramicrodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Syrphidae
Subfamily:
Microdontinae
Genus:
Paramicrodon

Meijere, 1913
Type species
Paramicrodon lorentzi
Synonyms
  • Syrphinella Hervé-Bazin, 1926
  • Myxogasteroides Shiraki, 1930
  • Nannomyrmecomyia Hull, 1945

Biology

Larvae are found in ant nests.

Distribution

They are native to Oriental, Australian, and Neotropical regions.[2]

Species
  • P. cinctellus (Sack, 1926)
  • P. delicatulus Hull, 1937
  • P. flukei Curran, 1936
  • P. lorentzi Meijere, 1913
  • P. miranda (Herve-Bazin, 1926)
  • P. nigripennis (Sack, 1922)
  • P. novus Hull, 1937
  • P. toxopei Meijere, 1929

References
  1. Reemer, Menno; Ståhls, Gunilla (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys (288): 1–213. doi:10.3897/zookeys.288.4095. PMC 3690914. PMID 23798897.
  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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.
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