Paragodon
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Genus: | Paragodon |
Species: | P. paragoides
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Paragodon paragoides Thompson, 1969
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Paragodon paragoides is a small (4–5 mm) hoverfly which differs from other hoverflies by its simple male genitalia, and was accordingly considered the most primitive microdontine species.[2] It is the sole member of the genus Paragodon, as the other known species was removed to a separate genus, Surimyia.
Biology
[edit]Larvae are presumably found in ant nests.
Distribution
[edit]They are native to South America.[2]
References
[edit]Wikispecies has information related to Paragodon.
- ^ Thompson, F. Christian (1969). "A New Genus of Microdontine Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with Notes on the Placement of the Subfamily" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Psyche. 76 (1). Cambridge, Mass: Cambridge Entomological Club: 74–85. doi:10.1155/1969/62102. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
- ^ a b Cheng, Xin-Yue; Thompson, F. Christian (2008). "A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China" (PDF Adobe Acrobat). Zootaxa. 1879. New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 21–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.