Afromicrodon

Afromicrodon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Microdontinae
Genus:	Afromicrodon Thompson, 2008[1]
Type species
Microdon johannae van Doesburg, 1957

Afromicrodon is an African genus of hoverflies. The species of the genus Afromicrodon were previously and erroneously placed in the genus Ceratophya.[1]

Afromicrodon species are recognized among the Microdontinae by them lacking an appendix on vein R4+5, having short antennae about as long as the face or shorter, and a simple basoflagellomere and simple scutellum without calcar. The abdomen is oval.[1]

Distribution

All currently known species are restricted to Madagascar and the Comoros Islands.

Species

• Afromicrodon comoroensis (De Meyer, De Bruyn & Janssons, 1990) originally placed in genus Ceratophya[1]
• Afromicrodon johannae (van Doesburg, 1957) originally placed in genus Microdon[1]
• Afromicrodon luciferus (Hull, 1941) originally placed in genus Microdon[2]
• Afromicrodon madecassa (Keiser, 1971) originally placed in genus Ceratophya[1]
• Afromicrodon stuckenbergi (Keiser, 1971) originally placed in genus Ceratophya[1]

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). Zootaxa. 1879. New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 21–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334.
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.