Pseudomicrodon

Pseudomicrodon is a genus of hoverflies, with 14 known species.[2][3] All are species with petiolate abdomens.[4]

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

Biology

Larvae are found in ant nests.

Distribution

They are native to the New World tropics.[4]

Species

Species in Pseudomicrodon include:[2][3]

  • Pseudomicrodon auricinctus (Sack, 1931)
  • Pseudomicrodon batesi (Shannon, 1927)
  • Pseudomicrodon bellulus (Williston, 1891)
  • Pseudomicrodon biluminiferus (Hull, 1944)
  • Pseudomicrodon chrysostypus (Thompson, 2004)
  • Pseudomicrodon claripennis (Hine, 1914)
  • Pseudomicrodon conops (Curran, 1940)
  • Pseudomicrodon corona (Curran, 1940)
  • Pseudomicrodon nigrispinosus (Shannon, 1927)
  • Pseudomicrodon pilosops (Marinoni, 2004)
  • Pseudomicrodon polistoides Reemer, 2013[2]
  • Pseudomicrodon rheochryssus (Hull, 1944)
  • Pseudomicrodon seabrai Papavero, 1962
  • Pseudomicrodon smiti Reemer, 2013[2]

The following are synonyms of other species:

  • Pseudomicrodon beebei (Curran, 1936): synonym of Pseudomicrodon batesi (Shannon, 1927)[3]

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 2018-05-25.
  2. 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.
  3. Reemer, Menno (2014). "A review of Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Surinam, with a key to the Neotropical genera". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 157 (1): 27–57. doi:10.1163/22119434-00002035.
  4. 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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