Hovamicrodon
Hovamicrodon | |
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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:
- Hovamicrodon flavifacies Keiser, 1971
- Hovamicrodon fuscipennis Keiser, 1971
- Hovamicrodon nubecula Keiser, 1971
- Hovamicrodon silvester Keiser, 1971
References
- ↑ 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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