Pseudomicrodon

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title: "Pseudomicrodon" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hoverfly-genera", "diptera-of-south-america", "microdontinae"] description: "Genus of flies" topic_path: "general/hoverfly-genera" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudomicrodon" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of flies ::

| taxon = Pseudomicrodon | authority = Hull, 1937 | type_species = Pseudomicrodon beebei | type_species_authority = Curran, 1936 | synonyms = Pseudomicrodon is a genus of hoverflies, with 14 known species. All are species with petiolate abdomens.

Biology

Larvae are found in ant nests.

Distribution

They are native to the New World tropics.

Species

Species in Pseudomicrodon include:

• 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
• Pseudomicrodon rheochryssus (Hull, 1944)
• Pseudomicrodon seabrai Papavero, 1962
• Pseudomicrodon smiti Reemer, 2013

The following are synonyms of other species:

• Pseudomicrodon beebei (Curran, 1936): synonym of Pseudomicrodon batesi (Shannon, 1927)

References

References

1. Hull, Frank. M. (1937). "New Species of Exotic Syrphid Flies". Cambridge Entomological Club.
2. (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". [[ZooKeys]].
3. Reemer, Menno. (2014). "A review of Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Surinam, with a key to the Neotropical genera". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie.
4. 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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