Ceriomicrodon

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. There is only one known species, Ceriomicrodon petiolatus, which lives in Matto Grosso, Brazil. Only 3 specimens have ever been collected.[2] Its biology is poorly known, but it is assumed that the larvae feed as scavengers in the nests of ants.

References

  1. ^ Frank M. Hull (1937). "New species of exotic syrphid flies" (PDF). Psyche 44 (1–2): 12–32. doi:10.1155/1937/46960. http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/psyche/1937/046960.pdf. 
  2. ^ 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. http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2008/f/zt01879p048.pdf. 


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