Surimyia

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Genus of flies

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

::summary Genus of flies ::

| taxon = Surimyia | authority = Reemer, 2008 | type_species = Surimyia rolanderi | type_species_authority = Reemer, 2008 | synonyms = Surimyia is a genus of hoverflies, with three known species. They are small (4– to 5-mm) microdontine flies. Surimyia is the only hoverfly genus with the katatergum lacking microtrichia. In the subfamily Microdontinae, they are distinctive in the absence of pilosity on the postpronotum.

Biology

Larvae are presumably found in ant nests.

Distribution

They are only known from Suriname.

Species

S. minutula (van Doesburg, 1966)
S. reemeri Carvalho-Filho, 2014
S. rolanderi Reemer, 2008

References

Reemer, Menno. (2008). "''Surimyia'', a new genus of Microdontinae, with notes on ''Paragodon'' Thompson, 1969 (Diptera, Syrphidae)". Naturalis.
(2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". [[ZooKeys]].
Carvalho-Filho, Fda S. (2014). "Description of new species of Surimyia Reemer and Carreramyia Doesburg (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Brazilian Amazon". [[Zootaxa]].
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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