| Megodon | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Syrphidae |
| Subfamily: | Microdontinae |
| Genus: | Microdon |
| Subgenus: | Megodon Keiser, 1971 |
| Type species | |
| Megodon stuckenbergi Keiser, 1971
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Megodon is a subgenus of the hoverfly genus Microdon. It is native to Madagascar, and contains only two known species.1 Microdon stuckenbergi has an unusual scutellum.2 Larvae are found in ant nests.
Species
There are 2 species described in Megodon:1
- M. planitarsus Keiser, 1971
- M. stuckenbergi (Keiser, 1971)
References
References
- Reemer, Menno; Ståhls, Gunilla (2013). "Generic revision and species classification of the Microdontinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)". ZooKeys (288): 1–213. doi:10.3897/zookeys.288.4095. PMC 3690914. PMID 23798897.
- 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.