Ceriomicrodon
| Ceriomicrodon | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Microdontinae |
| Genus: | Ceriomicrodon Hull, 1937 |
| Species: | C. petiolatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ceriomicrodon petiolatus Hull, 1937[1] | |
Ceriomicrodon is a genus of hoverflies. The only one known species, Ceriomicrodon petiolatus, lives in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Only three specimens have ever been collected.[2] Its biology is poorly known, but the larvae are assumed to feed as scavengers in the nests of ants.
References
- ↑ Frank M. Hull (1937). "New species of exotic syrphid flies" (PDF). Psyche 44 (1–2): 12–32. doi:10.1155/1937/46960.
- ↑ Xin-Yue Cheng & F. Christian Thompson (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.
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