Pseudomicrodon

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

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

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. 44 (1–2). Cambridge, Mass: Cambridge Entomological Club: 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. 1879. New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 21–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.