Paramicrodon
Genus of flies
title: "Paramicrodon" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hoverfly-genera", "microdontinae", "diptera-of-australasia", "diptera-of-asia"] description: "Genus of flies" topic_path: "general/hoverfly-genera" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramicrodon" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Genus of flies ::
| taxon = Paramicrodon | authority = Meijere, 1913 | type_species = Paramicrodon lorentzi | type_species_authority = de Meijere, 1913 | synonyms =
- Syrphinella Hervé-Bazin, 1926
- Myxogasteroides Shiraki, 1930
- Nannomyrmecomyia Hull, 1945
Paramicrodon is a genus of hoverflies, with eight known species. They differ from Microdon by their short antennae and the lack of appendices on vein R4+5.
Biology
Larvae are found in ant nests.
Distribution
They are native to Oriental, Australian, and Neotropical regions.
Species
- P. cinctellus (Sack, 1926)
- P. delicatulus Hull, 1937
- P. flukei Curran, 1936
- P. lorentzi Meijere, 1913
- P. miranda (Herve-Bazin, 1926)
- P. nigripennis (Sack, 1922)
- P. novus Hull, 1937
- P. toxopei Meijere, 1929
References
References
- (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". [[ZooKeys]].
- Cheng, Xin-Yue. (2008). "A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China". Magnolia Press.
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