Paramicrodon

Paramicrodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Microdontinae
Genus:	Paramicrodon; Meijere, 1913
Type species
	Paramicrodon lorentzi; de Meijere, 1913
Synonyms
	Syrphinella Hervé-Bazin, 1926; Myxogasteroides Shiraki, 1930; Nannomyrmecomyia Hull, 1945;

Paramicrodon is a genus of hoverflies, with eight known species.[1] They differ from Microdon by their short antennae and the lack of appendices on vein R4+5.[2]

Biology

Larvae are found in ant nests.

Distribution

They are native to Oriental, Australian, and Neotropical regions.[2]

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

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.
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. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1879: 21–48. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.

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[Reemer2013-1] 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.

[Cheng2008-2] 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. New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1879: 21–48. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.