Carreramyia

Carreramyia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Microdontinae
Genus:	Carreramyia Doesburg, 1966
Type species
Microdon megacephalus Shannon, 1925

Carreramyia is a genus of hoverflies, with five known species currently.

Biology

Larvae are found in ant nests.

Distribution

Distribution is Neotropical.

Species

• C. flava (Sack, 1941)[1]
• C. jattai Carvalho-Filho, 2014[2]
• C. megacephalus (Shannon, 1925)
• C. megacera Reemer, 2013[3]
• C. tigrina Reemer, 2013[3]

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. Carvalho-Filho, Fda S (2014). "Description of new species of Surimyia Reemer and Carreramyia Doesburg (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Brazilian Amazon". Zootaxa. 3887 (1): 79–87. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3887.1.5. PMID 25543925.
3. Reemer, Menno (2013). "Taxonomic exploration of Neotropical Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) mimicking stingless bees". Zootaxa. 3697 (1): 1–88. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3697.1.1. PMID 26079022.