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| 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
[edit]Larvae are found in ant nests.
Distribution
[edit]They are native to the New World tropics.[4]
Species
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ 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.