Hovamicrodon

Hovamicrodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Hovamicrodon
Keiser, 1971
Type species
Hovamicrodon silvester
Keiser, 1971

Hovamicrodon is a genus of hoverflies endemic to Madagascar. Hovamicrodon is distinguished by a particular type of scutellar calcar, being broad and blunt apically.[1] The four known species are:

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