Ptilobactrum

Ptilobactrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Syrphidae
Subfamily:
Microdontinae
Genus:
Ptilobactrum

Bezzi, 1915
Species:
P. neavei
Binomial name
Ptilobactrum neavei
Bezzi, 1915

Ptilobactrum is a genus of hoverflies, with one known species, Ptilobactrum neavei.[1] They have very broad heads and their basoflagellomeres are elongate and densely pilose in males.[2]

Biology

Larvae are found in ant nests.

Distribution

P. neavei is native to the African tropics.[2]

References

  1. ^ Reemer, Menno; Ståhls, Gunilla (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys (288): 1–213. Bibcode:2013ZooK..288....1R. doi:10.3897/zookeys.288.4095. PMC 3690914. PMID 23798897.
  2. ^ a b 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.