Archimicrodon

Archimicrodon is a genus of hoverflies. Many of the species in this genus were moved from Microdon by Reemer & Ståhls (2013).[1] Previously, it had been described as having three known species.[2]

Archimicrodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Archimicrodon
Hull, 1945
Type species
Microdon (Archimicrodon) digitator
Hull, 1937

Biology

Larvae are found in ant nests.

Distribution

All currently known species are found in the Old World tropics.

Species

The species are divided into two subgenera: Archimicrodon Hull, 1945 and Hovamicrodon Keiser, 1971.

Subgenus Archimicrodon
  • A. ampefyanus (Keiser, 1971)
  • A. barringtonensis (Ferguson, 1926)
  • A. boharti (Curran, 1947)
  • A. brachycerus (Knab & Malloch, 1912)
  • A. brevicornis (Loew, 1858)
  • A. browni (Thompson, 1968)
  • A. caeruleomaculatus (Keiser, 1971)
  • A. caeruleus (Brunetti, 1908)
  • A. clatratus (Keiser, 1971)
  • A. clavicornis (Sack, 1926)
  • A. fenestrellatus (Keiser, 1971)
  • A. fergusoni (Goot, 1964)
= A. modestus (Ferguson, 1926)
= A. fergusoni (Thompson, 1968)
  • A. grageti (Meijere, 1908)
  • A. incisuralis (Walker, 1865)
  • A. investigator (Hull, 1937)
  • A. kavitahaius (Keiser, 1971)
  • A. lanka (Keiser, 1958)
  • A. liberiensis (Curran, 1929)
  • A. limbinervis (Meijere, 1908)
  • A. luctiferus (Walker, 1865)
  • A. malagasicus (Keiser, 1971)
  • A. malukensis Reemer, 2013[1]
  • A. minuticornis (Curran, 1931)
  • A. nicholsoni (Ferguson, 1926)
  • A. nigrocyaneus (Hull, 1964)
  • A. novaeguineae (Meijere, 1908)
  • A. obesus (Herve-Bazin, 1913)
  • A. purpurescens (Shiraki, 1963)
  • A. ranavalonae (Keiser, 1971)
  • A. simplex (Shiraki, 1930)
  • A. simplicicornis (Meijere, 1908)
= A. digitator (Hull, 1937)
  • A. sudanus (Curran, 1923)
  • A. tabanoides (Hull, 1944)
  • A. tenuifrons (Curran, 1929)
  • A. testaceus (Walker, 1857)
  • A. varicornis (Sack, 1926)
  • A. venosus (Walker, 1865)
= A. papuanus (Doesburg, 1959)
= A. transiens (Walker, 1852)
= A. pachypus (Bigot, 1884)

Subgenus Hovamicrodon
Main article: Hovamicrodon
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References
  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.
  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.
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