Microdon (Animalia)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Syrphoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Antliophora Ordo: Diptera Subordo: Brachycera Infraordo: Muscomorpha Sectio: Aschiza Superfamilia: Syrphoidea

Familia: Syrphidae
Subfamilia: Microdontinae
Genus: Microdon
Subgenera (6): M. (Chymophila) – M. (Dimeraspis) – M. (Megodon) – M. (Microdon) – M. (Myiacerapis) – M. (Syrphipogon)

Species: M. colakriki – M. dentigiganteum – M. katsurai – M. mutabilis – M. myrmicae – M. sauros – ...

Name

Microdon Meigen, 1803: 275

Type species: Musca mutabilis Linnaeus, 1758 (as "Mulio mutabilis Fabr."), by monotypy.

Synonyms

Aphritis Latreille, 1804: 193. See Cheng & Thompson (2008) for synonymy.
- Type species: Aphritis auropupescens Latreille, 1805, by subsequent monotypy.
Scutelligera Spix, 1824: 148. See Cheng & Thompson (2008) for synonymy.
- Type species: Scutelligera ammerlandia Spix, 1824, by monotypy.
Parmula Heyden, 1825: 589. See Cheng & Thompson (2008) for synonymy.
- Type species: Parmula cocciformis Heyden, 1825, by monotypy.
Colacis Gistel, 1848: x. [unnecessary replacement name for Microdon Meigen, 1803] See Cheng & Thompson (2008) for synonymy.
Scutigerella Haas, 1924: 148. [misspelling of Scutelligera Spix, 1824] See Cheng & Thompson (2008) for synonymy.

References

Primary references

Meigen, J. 1803. Versuch einer neuen Gattungseintheilung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Magazin für Insektenkunde 2: 259–281. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Cheng, X.-Y. & Thompson, F.C. 2008. A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China. Zootaxa 1879: 21–48. Abstract & excerpt PDF. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3 . Reference page.
Evenhuis, N.L. & Pape, T. 2019. Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names Part VII: Johann Wilhelm Meigen. Zootaxa 4703(1): 1–193. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4703.1.1 . Reference page.
Reemer, M. & Bot, S. 2015. Six new species of Microdon Meigen from Madagascar (Diptera: Syrphidae). Zootaxa 4034(1): 127–147. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4034.1.6. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Reemer, M. & Ståhls, G. 2013. Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae). ZooKeys 288: 1–213. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.288.4095 . Reference page.
Scarparo, G., Wolton, R., Molfini, M., Pinna, L.G. & di Giulio, A. 2020. Comparative morphology of myrmecophilous immature stages of European Microdon species (Diptera: Syrphidae): updated identification key and new diagnostic characters. Zootaxa 4789(2): 348–370. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4789.2.2 Reference page.
Skevington, J., Young, A., Locke, M. & Moran, K. 2019. New Syrphidae (Diptera) of North-eastern North America. Biodiversity Data Journal 7: e36673. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e36673 Reference page.
Iwai, H., Horikawa, D.D., Arakawa, K., Tomita, M., Komatsu, T. & Maruyama, M. 2016. Rearing and observation of immature stages of the hoverfly Microdon katsurai (Diptera, Syrphidae). Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e10185. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e10185. Reference page.
Tian, J., Huo, K-K., Zhang, C-T. & Ren, B-Z. 2019. Microdon dentigiganteum sp. nov. and other Microdontinae species (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Northeast China. Zootaxa 4712(1): 65–76. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4712.1.4 Reference page.
Townsend, J.I. 1997: An insect survey of Paengaroa Scenic Reserve, Mataroa. Conservation advisory science notes, (152) PDF [see p. 3]