Afromicrodon

Afromicrodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Microdontinae
Genus:	Afromicrodon Thompson, 2008^[1]
Type species
Microdon johannae van Doesburg, 1957

Afromicrodon is an African genus of hoverflies. The species of the Afromicrodon genus were previously and erroneously placed in the genus Ceratophya.^[1]

Afromicrodon species are recognized among the Microdontinae by them lacking an appendix on vein R4+5, having short antennae about as long as the face or shorter, and a simple basoflagellomere and simple scutellum without calcar. The abdomen is oval.^[1]

Distribution

All currently known species are restricted to Madagascar and the Comoros Islands.

Species

Afromicrodon comoroensis (De Meyer, De Bruyn & Janssons, 1990) originally placed in genus Ceratophya^[1]
Afromicrodon johannae (van Doesburg, 1957) originally placed in genus Microdon^[1]
Afromicrodon madecassa (Keiser, 1971) originally placed in genus Ceratophya^[1]
Afromicrodon stuckenbergi (Keiser, 1971) originally placed in genus Ceratophya^[1]

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References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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 (New Zealand: Magnolia Press) 1879: 21–48. ISSN 1175-5334.

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