Archimicrodon

Archimicrodon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Archimicrodon
Hull, 1945
Type species
Microdon (Archimicrodon) digitator
Hull, 1937

Archimicrodon is a genus of hoverflies. Many of the species in this genus were moved from Microdon by Reemer & Ståhls (2013).[1] Previously, it had been described as having three known species.[2]

Biology

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Larvae are found in ant nests.

Distribution

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All currently known species are found in the Old World tropics.[needs update]

Species

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The species are divided into two subgenera: Archimicrodon Hull, 1945 and Hovamicrodon Keiser, 1971.

Subgenus Archimicrodon

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= A. modestus (Ferguson, 1926)
= A. fergusoni (Thompson, 1968)
= A. digitator (Hull, 1937)
= A. papuanus (Doesburg, 1959)
= A. transiens (Walker, 1852)
= A. pachypus (Bigot, 1884)

Subgenus Hovamicrodon

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References

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  1. ^ a b 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. ^ 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.