Paragodon

Paragodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Syrphidae
Subfamily:	Microdontinae
Genus:	Paragodon; Thompson, 1969
Species:	P. paragoides
Binomial name
	Paragodon paragoides; Thompson, 1969

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

Larvae are presumably found in ant nests.

Distribution

They are native to South America.²

References

Thompson, F. Christian (1969). "A New Genus of Microdontine Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with Notes on the Placement of the Subfamily" (PDF). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 76 (1): 74–85. doi:10.1155/1969/62102. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2009-09-14.
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). Zootaxa. 1879: 21–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.

[Thompson69-1] Thompson, F. Christian (1969). "A New Genus of Microdontine Flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with Notes on the Placement of the Subfamily" (PDF). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 76 (1): 74–85. doi:10.1155/1969/62102. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-18. Retrieved 2009-09-14.

[Cheng2008-2] 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). Zootaxa. 1879: 21–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334. Retrieved 2009-09-11.

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