Omegasyrphus

Omegasyrphus
Omegasyrphus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Subfamily: Microdontinae
Genus: Omegasyrphus
Giglio-Tos, 1891
Type species
Microdon coarctatus
Loew, 1864

Omegasyrphus is a genus of hoverflies. There are 5 known species. These are small Microdontinae flies with a distinctive abdominal shape, 2nd segment is widened, flattened, flared, with its lateral margin subcircular, thickened and rounded, and the rest of abdomen (3rd–5th segments) narrowed and cylindrical.[1]. The larvae feed as scavengers in the nest of the ants. They are native to southern North America.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b 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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