Hovamicrodon

Hovamicrodon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Microdontinae
Genus:	Archimicrodon
Subgenus:	Hovamicrodon Keiser, 1971
Type species
Hovamicrodon silvester Keiser, 1971

Hovamicrodon is a subgenus of the hoverfly genus Archimicrodon, endemic to Madagascar.[1] Hovamicrodon is distinguished by a particular type of scutellar calcar, being broad and blunt apically.[2]

Species

The six known species are:

• A. flavifacies (Keiser, 1971)
• A. fuscipennis (Keiser, 1971)
• A. hova (Herve-Bazin, 1913)[1]
• A. nubecula (Keiser, 1971)
• A. silvester (Keiser, 1971)
• A. vulpicolor (Hull, 1941)[1]

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. Xin-Yue Cheng & F. Christian Thompson (2008). "A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1879: 21–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3.