Microdontinae
Microdontinae | |
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Microdon mutabilis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Syrphidae |
Subfamily: | Microdontinae Róndani, 1845 |
The subfamily Microdontinae contains slightly more than 400 species of hoverflies (family Syrphidae) and, while diverse, these species share several characteristics by which they differ from other syrphids. The Microdontinae are myrmecophiles, meaning they live in the nests of ants. Larval Microdontinae are scavengers or predators in ant nests,[1] and, in contrast to other syrphid larvae, have no readily apparent body segmentation. Some species also do not exhibit the typical adult flower-visiting behaviour of other hoverflies, but instead remain near their larval host colonies (some of these species have no functional mouthparts and cannot feed as adults).[2]
A number of genera (e.g. Masarygus, Paragodon, Schizoceratomyia and Surimyia) lack the "spurious vein" which is characteristic of all other Syrphidae.[3] For other distinguishing characteristics, see Thompson (1969).[4]
Genera[]
A revised list of the genera in Microdontinae was carried out by Reemer & Ståhls (2013):[5]
- Afromicrodon Thompson, 2008[2]
- Archimicrodon Hull, 1945
- Archimicrodon Hull, 1945
- Hovamicrodon Keiser, 1971
- Aristosyrphus Curran, 1941
- Aristosyrphus Curran, 1941
- Eurypterosyrphus Barretto & Lane, 1947
- Bardistopus Mann, 1920
- Carreramyia Doesburg, 1966
- Ceratophya Wiedemann, 1824
- Séguy, 1951
- Ceriomicrodon Hull, 1937[6]
- Cervicorniphora Hull, 1945
- Chrysidimyia Hull, 1937[7]
- Domodon Reemer, 2013[5]
- Furcantenna Cheng, 2008[2]
- Reemer, 2013[5]
- Hull, 1937[6]
- Indascia Keiser, 1958
- Kryptopyga Hull, 1944
- Reemer, 2013[5]
- Masarygus Bréthes, 1909
- Reemer, 2013[5]
- Reemer, 2013[5]
- Metadon Reemer, 2013[5]
- Microdon Meigen, 1803
- Chymophila Macquart, 1834
- Newman, 1838
- Megodon Keiser, 1971
- Microdon Meigen, 1803
- Myiacerapis Hull, 1949
- Syrphipogon Hull, 1937[7]
- Mixogaster Macquart, 1842
- Oligeriops Hull, 1937[6]
- Omegasyrphus Giglio-Tos, 1891
- Paragodon Thompson, 1969[4]
- Paramicrodon de Meijere, 1913
- Paramixogaster Brunetti, 1923
- Parocyptamus Shiraki, 1930
- Peradon Reemer, 2013[5]
- Reemer, 2013[5]
- Pseudomicrodon Hull, 1937[6]
- Ptilobactrum Bezzi, 1915
- Rhoga Walker, 1857
- Rhopalosyrphus Giglio-Tos, 1891
- Schizoceratomyia Carrera, Lopes & Lane, 1947
- Curran, 1925
- Spheginobaccha de Meijere, 1908
- Hull, 1945
- Reemer, 2013[5]
- Surimyia Reemer, 2008[3]
- Reemer, 2013[5]
- Ubristes Walker, 1852
References[]
- ^ Duffield, R. M. (1981). "Biology of Microdon fuscipennis (Diptera: Syrphidae) with interpretation of reproductive strategies of Microdon species found north of Mexico". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 83: 716–724.
- ^ a b c 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). Zootaxa. 1879: 21–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3.
- ^ a b Reemer, Menno (2008). "Surimyia, a new genus of Microdontinae, with notes on Paragodon Thompson, 1969 (Diptera, Syrphidae)" (PDF). Zoologische Mededelingen. 82: 177–188.
- ^ a b Thompson, F. Christian (1969). "A new genus of microdontine flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with notes on the placement of the subfamily" (PDF). Psyche. 76 (1): 74–85. doi:10.1155/1969/62102.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k 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.
- ^ a b c d Hull, Frank M. (1937). "New species of exotic syrphid flies" (PDF). Psyche. 44 (1–2): 12–32. doi:10.1155/1937/46960.
- ^ a b Hull, Frank M. (1937). "A megamorphic and two curious mimetic flies" (PDF). Psyche. 44 (4): 116–121. doi:10.1155/1937/67124. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
Further reading[]
- Reemer, Menno; Ståhls, Gunilla (2013). "Phylogenetic relationships of Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) based on molecular and morphological characters". Systematic Entomology. 38 (4): 661–688. doi:10.1111/syen.12020.
External links[]
- Data related to Microdontinae at Wikispecies
- Microdontinae
- Myrmecology
- Taxa named by Camillo Róndani
- Brachycera subfamilies